What does July 4Th means to you?Are we truly free?,how did our independence shaped the course of world history

Answer 1

For me, July 4th is not a celebration of any present 'independence', but the honoring in memory of past independence. Let me explain.

"Are we truly free?"
That depends on your definition of 'free'. Freedom is something on an individual level. A person can be free, or enslaved, whether they live in a 'free country' or not. For example, the United States is touted as a 'free country', but if you really open your eyes you'll see that most people succumb various forms of bondage and control. They allow other people to tell them how to think, and many feel comfortable with politicians deceiving them and giving up at least 15% of their labor to a sanctioned mafiaesque IRS, which is actually just a private corporation.

"How did our independence shape the course of world history?"
Most of us know the Boston Tea Party was the beginning of the Revolutionary war. This act was in protest and rejection of the British taxing of the colonies.

Winning the revolutionary war (which was only fought by less than 5% of the colonist population, conservatively) allowed us to have independence for a relatively short time. Truly educated historians will tell you we also had to fight for independence again in the 'Civil War', as the British were funding (controlling) the South against the North. Toward the beginning of the war, the British initially attempted to gain control of the North by shifting the Union economy from issuing state (debt-free) currency, toward a private banking system run by England which would issue currency only as loans (thereby enslaving the Union to the will of England). Lincoln would have none of it and rejected their proposals. The Brit's resorted to funding only the South, who lost and became bankrupt. I would assume this led to financial and power losses for English bankers. So, you see, the Civil War had also become a war for independence.

Our independence continued for a short while until 1913. In that same year, we became enslaved to individuals who run a private banking corporation called the 'Federal Reserve' (no more federal than 'Federal Express'), who carried out exactly what England had originally planned. We are still in bondage to them. Private bankers control what is now a puppet economy (with the capability to 'pull the rug out' at any time), and thus our government's policies, while remaining beyond the reach of the people, driving us further into bondage through debt. In the same year (1913) the 'federal income tax' came into existence. What started as a negiligibly low percentage has now become a very high tax, yet it cannot even cover the interest accruing on our national debt to the Federal Reserve.

So, I ask the question, do you really think we're independent from outside manipulation and control, when a private corporation made up of international bankers has total dominance over our present and future?


This is why, for me, July 4th is not a celebration of any present 'independence', but the honoring in memory of past independence.

Sad but true.

Answer 2

The 4th of July is a day of celebration. We are as free - or more free - than most of the 6 billion people on the planet. American independence is a good thing and has been a positive influence on the world (just think of all the people who've come here!). At the same time, this doesn't mean the US does not have problems. We have plenty of problems and our freedoms will help solve those problems - one at a time.

Happy 4th of July!

Answer 3

We all should have fun Independence Day. We will have to all be taking pleasure in our nation and respecting the individuals that gave their lives to preserve it. If your now not partial to the US, then transfer. No one is preserving you right here.