249 Years Later. Reclaiming the Spirit of Independence
Hatred has been weaponized. Division is the product. And freedom is the casualty.
Today, July 4th, the United States of America marks 249 years since it declared its independence. Nearly two and a half centuries ago, a small group of bold, principled visionaries took a stand against tyranny. They risked everything to break free from a regime that exploited their land, their labor, and their future. Their goal was not only to escape oppression but to build something noble, free, sovereign, and rooted in the idea that a people should choose who governs them, not be ruled by distant elites.
For a while, they succeeded. Against all odds, they built a country that became the strongest in the world, not just by might, but by the idea that freedom was sacred. Despite its flaws, the United States became a symbol of self-determination, where the individual mattered and liberty was worth defending.
But fast forward 249 years, and that original spirit has been systematically smothered. The modern American no longer carries the fire of the revolutionaries. Too many have traded critical thinking for convenience, patriotism for propaganda, and liberty for loyalty to false idols in suits. Today’s leaders, whether red or blue, kneel to the same master, globalist financial interests that see nations as markets and people as inventory. The differences between parties are cosmetic. The agenda, control, is the same.
While the people bicker and cancel each other over nonsense, unelected elites consolidate power in silence. Surveillance grows, dissent is labeled extremism, and every new restriction is sold as a “gift of safety.” The streets fill with militarized police, and people cheer. Deals are made with tech giants who serve global agendas, and citizens clap like obedient serfs, grateful to be watched, tagged, and manipulated. All in the name of “progress.”
The irony is dark and bitter: the same crowds who once screamed against government and corporate abuse are now their loudest defenders, tools of the very systems they claimed to despise. Woke zealots who claim to be “awake” now beg for more control, more censorship, more state power, so long as it targets their enemies. Hatred has been weaponized. Division is the product. And freedom is the casualty.
But not everyone is asleep.
Across America, Canada, and the world, a quiet resistance grows, not with guns or slogans, but with conviction. These people have rejected the illusion of choice between two corrupt factions. They don’t want to reform the old; they want to build something new. They dream of a future where God returns to the center, where humans are not disposable, and where power no longer flows from above but grows from community, faith, and truth.
This isn’t about nostalgia for the past. It’s about reviving its best idea: that people were born to be free.
The battle ahead won’t be won in ballot boxes or hashtags, it will be won in hearts, homes, and communities. The fire of liberty hasn’t gone out. It's waiting to be fanned into flame again.
Let this 4th of July be more than a barbecue and fireworks. Let it be a wake-up call.
Because freedom isn't inherited. It's defended every generation.
