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| − | The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life. That premise, | + | The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life. That premise, carefully adopted by a newly formed nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years. Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common. It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government. We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile. We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. <!---When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it." We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it. --->And America became the most successful of countries if personal freedom and well being, are the measures. |
* '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably. CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now. These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:'' | * '''CW is about''' ''why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably. CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now. These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:'' | ||
<!--- **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]'' | <!--- **''[[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]]'' | ||
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::The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected how colonial Americans expected government to behave. | ::The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected how colonial Americans expected government to behave. | ||
:*''[[Portal:Economic Freedom|Economic Freedom]]'' | :*''[[Portal:Economic Freedom|Economic Freedom]]'' | ||
| − | ::When we | + | ::When we pursued freedom, it was very often economic freedom we were after. |
:*''[[Portal:What Government do We Want|What Government do We Want]]'' | :*''[[Portal:What Government do We Want|What Government do We Want]]'' | ||
::How do we want government to behave today? | ::How do we want government to behave today? | ||
Please also read about [[Civicwiki:Mission|the CW mission]]. | Please also read about [[Civicwiki:Mission|the CW mission]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 5 April 2016
The United States began as a society determined that liberty is fundamental to life. That premise, carefully adopted by a newly formed nation, would provide freedom, prosperity, and security for many millions over the next 230+ years. Liberty as a preeminent value has never been common. It was not commonplace then and America's impact can only be understood by examining our heritage, political debates, and evolution of government. We created something new - a constitutional republic with democratic input and a novel approach to government as a protector of the rights of 'the people', put in place because we understood that the coexistence of liberty, prosperity, security, and internal peace is fragile. We bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. And America became the most successful of countries if personal freedom and well being, are the measures.
- CW is about why that government appeared when and where it did, what made it strong, how it has produced its wealth, and how it allows a diverse society to live together peaceably. CW is also about how our government has evolved--occasionally for the good, but more often becoming overly intrusive in our lives, how that harms us all, and what we can do about it now. These discussions are spread across the following topic categories:
- A discussion of the drivers behind America asserting independence from an England of which it had so recently been proud.
- The unique nature of America's Consitution and how it reflected how colonial Americans expected government to behave.
- When we pursued freedom, it was very often economic freedom we were after.
- How do we want government to behave today?
Please also read about the CW mission.
