What a holiday? I always find that its a good time to read the declaration of independence, read a historical novel, think about history, and watch documentaries.
It’s exciting to find that I can still remember much of what I learned. While I get very fuzzy trying to recite the declaration, I can still give a decent impromptu talk on where the idea of “government right earned by the consent of the govern”.
This was a new political idea, developed by John Locke the philosopher and first implemented by the US.
It replaced the “Divine Right” to rule which had been justified in various forms for a millenium including it being required to maintain order to keep life from being too “brutish and short” (Hobbes?)
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