Ned Ryan, the founder of American Majority, gave a great speech at David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend Last November. Words bout the parallels between the years prior to the American Revolution in 1776 and our current political circumstances in 2022.
Ryan, a historian, takes you on a whirlwind exploration of why Englishman on this side of the Atlantic took up arms against Englishman from the other side. What was it that lead them to this response? Why did they really rebel against their Homeland?
“I realized, as I wrote the book about Boston and Bunker Hill, it was a story for all time. It was a story of principal defiance in the face of arbitrary authoritarianism. Does that sound familiar from where we are right now in 2021? We are yet again facing authoritarianism and I always say arbitrary authoritarianism to make a point. All authoritarianism is, by its very nature, arbitrary. It’s not based on higher law. It’s based on a small group of people who have decided that they will enforce their will on other people. And if those people do not comply, they will use force to make them comply to whatever their transient ideas are based on twisted logic and a twisted worldview. So what we are experiencing today, our founders of course experienced almost 250 years ago.
“I want to talk a little bit about what the essential disagreement was back then and I think you’ll see some of that, what is taking place today.
This is some great video and highly recommended watching and listening.
Why on earth would you take on what at the time was one of the greatest military powers in the world?” He said, “We fought because we’d always governed ourselves and always meant to. And Parliament and the Kings’ ministers meant that we shouldn’t. That’s why we fought because we’d always governed ourselves and always meant to.”
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“Our country is in great danger now, but not to be despaired of. You were to decide that important question upon which rests the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn, act worthy of yourselves.” Think about that. Not danger far, danger near. He knew that there were plenty of those British officers that had said “We will assassinate whoever says any words that we consider treasonous.” Those words echo down through these last few centuries, “You were to decide that important question upon which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn, act worthy of yourselves.”
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It all comes down to who decides, who makes the laws and where do those laws come from? That’s what the founders wrestled with against the British Empire. The only problem with what they were experiencing then and what we’re experiencing now, the enemy was at the gates. What we’re experiencing now is the enemy is inside the gates. These authoritarians — because that’s what Progressives are — are inside the gates. So what do we do?
Ned lives in Loudon County Virginia by the way and he has some news from there as well.
Here’s the video. The full transcript is available here.
