How Did We Get to Where Government Became So Important, People Were Willing to Kill to Change It?
The article explores how government in the United States has evolved from a limited institution designed to protect individual liberty into a powerful entity perceived by many as a tool for political and social control. It suggests that increasing political polarization and the perception of government as a weapon have contributed to rising political violence and public distrust. The author reflects on the Founders' intent to prevent tyranny and questions how modern political rhetoric and actions align with those original principles.
- ▪The American Revolution was driven by colonists' resistance to what they saw as a tyrannical British government.
- ▪Modern political leaders from both parties often dismiss opponents, contributing to increased hostility and perceptions of government as adversarial.
- ▪Gerrymandering efforts in states like Virginia and Texas have intensified concerns about fair representation.
- ▪Political rhetoric, including from figures like Trump and Hochul, has grown increasingly dehumanizing toward opposition groups.
- ▪Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch warned in 2024 that the scope of government power and law has become more expansive than ever before.
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How Did We Get to Where Government Became So Important, People Were Willing to Kill to Change It? Rick Moran | 9:45 AM on May 02, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana America was born out of violent dissent. When the British colonists took up arms to protect what they saw as their God-given rights as human beings, it was to "assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them." For the first time in human history, ordinary people were willing to commit violent revolutionary acts to achieve that aim.
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