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The Movement For Individual Freedom

Marx was a reaction to Freud. Not in a historical sense, for Marx died before Freud established his theory and method of psychoanalysis. But  in the sense that the ideas which Marx set forth were a externalized reactionary response to the problems within his own psyche, as set forth by Freud. Unable or unwilling to confront and resolve his own internal turmoil, Marx projected his own internal turmoil and confilct onto society and humanity. 

Marx was wrong. The Battle is not between "social classes" as Marx set forth. This idea is nothing but a feeble attempt to deny the individual. Nor is the battle between those who have and those who have not. The Battle is between the Individual and the Social. Democracy/Capitalism and Communism are but two instances in history, where these two monumental forces - the individual and the social - have intersected and clashed with one another. In American Democracy/Capitalism, the Individual has come out on top. In Communism, the Social has prevailed over the Individual.

Will we survive individually or socially? This is the question that has always been the question. In overpopulated, crowded areas, where individuals could not survive alone - the Social System became supreme. In newly discovered and under populated areas where there was much wilderness and too few individuals to band together to fill it - the individual had to survive alone and Individual Freedom has become the rule. Individuals may willingly serve Socially - but we always evolve Individually. This is why new worlds and new territories are explored and pioneered by Free Individuals - and only later, settled and exploited by Social groups. Free Individuals serve what they find to be of value. Social groups and systems can only exploit or destroy Free Individuals.

Because our country (America) and our world is nearly drowning in over-population of unprecedented proportions - born of our own scientific achievements and Human Compassion - we are being driven ever closer to the brink of "Social Tyranny." Communism - and all other systems that place the Social above the Individual - are forms of Social Tyranny. They do not work. It did not work for the Soviet Union - it will inevitably end in disaster unimaginable wherever it is allowed to happen. For, Social Tyranny will not tolerate any deviance from its rigid rules. Instead, it strangles the Creativity, Genius and all invention based on personal ingenuity and freely chosen Personal Responsibility out of its Individual members and makes them into slaves. Indeed, in its advanced stages the Social Tyranny will not tolerate the idea of an Individuality at all.

The Free Individual is always a deviance and sometimes, a radical deviance, from Social rules by his or her very nature. The Free Individual does not suffer from the repressive tendency of Social System. The Free Individual is usually benign, tolerant, loving and respectful of Individual Freedom in others, diverse and highly Creative and innovative. Virtually all major advances of humanity have been created and initiated by Individuals. From Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, to Madame Curie and Thomas Edison and yes, even Freud and Marx themselves. The Individual not short on creativity or genius, but is only lacking in the means to deliver the results that its Individual Genius Creates to those greater numbers who do not create. Because of this, for humanity to evolve upward, both Free Individualism and some form of Social Order are, ultimately necessary. But Free Individualism must be in charge.

Whereas Free Individuals will tolerate and even cooperate with one another in a social pact, for the purpose of accomplishing their individual creative endeavors - Social Tyrannies will neither tolerate - indeed, must not tolerate - but only exploit Free Individuals and their Creativity and Genius - as "milk-cows" for the Social Order." This, of course, ultimately destroys the very Creativity and Genius within the Free Individuals which the Social Order seeks to exploit.

Where Nations have been born out of fresh, new expansive, unexplored wilderness - Democracies and Economic systems that exalt the Individual and Individual Freedom to the superior place have arisen as the rule and the Ideal.

Where Nations have been born out of countries that have exploited their individuals and environments mercilessly and, thereby slain the very source of Genius, Creativity, Invention and all other forward and upward moving forces - which is and can be no other than Individual Freedom - Social Tyranny has grown like mold upon a dead body and Social Orders that exalt Social Tyranny have arisen.

We find those of a Free-Individualistic leaning, among those who have taken a painful and frightening leap forward and upward in life - and those who clamor, work, fight and die for the causes of Social Tyranny, among those who have found neither desire or hope of making that painful and frightening leap. This, then is the division, the battle and the dilemma.

The Social Tyranny cannot rule, so long as the Spirit of Individuality and therefore, Maximum Individual Freedom is alive and healthy within the hearts of a People. Only when those individuals who have risen to the top seek to establish a Social Tyranny over the masses - or become so complacent and careless of the Essence of Freedom as to let it die in the streets within the hearts and minds of the People - can the apostles of Social Tyranny gain the upper hand. There is no Freedom outside of Individual Freedom. No amount of double-talk or new-speak or Political Correctness can, or ever will, make it so. The Individual is Freedom - productive of great quality but, alone, only minimally productive of quantity. The Social Order is slavery - well documented in its productivity of quantity lacking in quality. Among a People where Individual Freedom is The Ideal - the Social Tyrant can be harnessed and used by all to the Common Good (instead of being used by it for "the common good") like a huge and powerfully dangerous monster held in massive chains. But, where a People forget or become careless of Individual Freedoms, in favor of taking gifts from the monster of Social Tyranny - they unleash the monster from its chains. Once unchained, it is only a sparse matter of time, before the Monster of Social Tyranny becomes, first their source, second their necessity and third and finally - their Master.

I write these words to alert all thinking individuals who love and treasure Individual Freedom for themselves and for the generations who will come after them. Heed my humble words, Lover of Freedom, for even now, The Monster is on the loose!

The Free Individual is independent from the Social. Only a Free Individual can truly Cooperate! All else is but compliance, obedience or slavery dressed in the "sheep’s clothing" of Cooperation. The Individual can - though seldom chooses to - exist and survive apart from the group. But Social Force cannot exist without the individual. Social Force is wholly and totally dependent upon individuals for survival. Which should rule the other, the independent or the dependent? For evolution and progress - it must be Free Individuals working together, voluntarily, for the Common Good - not individuals conscripted by Social Force and Tyranny to the service of the Common Good. For Social Tyranny to rule (always in the guise of Social Good) Individual Freedom must and will be destroyed.

The American Democratic System of Government arose out of a unique time in a sparsely populated wilderness where Individuality was not only expedient - but essential - for survival and Individual Freedom was the only rule. This form of Government was not created by the edicts of Kings or Dictators, but was forged by some of the Greatest and most radical Free Individuals of all times. It is for this reasons that American Democracy is unique and wondrous in the world in both its Ideal and Assurance of Individual Freedom. No other system of Government has so successfully harnessed the Monster of Social Tyranny and placed the reins in the hands of its Free Individual Citizens as have the radical Individualists who founded the American System of Democracy. It is precisely because the American System of Democracy is so firmly rooted in the Ideal and Practice of Individual Freedom that its workings are so chaotic and often inefficient. Still, a chaotic and inefficient Freedom is better than a well ordered and efficient Tyranny.

Well harnessed or not, the Monster of Social Tyranny is always ready and willing to try and convince those who have little or care little that "If you cut me loose, I will take care of you." This is the reason that Marxists are so fond of asking, "What good is Freedom if you have no food to eat?" The other side of that question, the side that is never spoken but which history bears out so clearly is: "Give me your Freedom and I will give you some food - for now. Then, later on, when you have given us The Power over you that we seek - you and your children will live and likely, starve in slavery."

My way is the Way of Individual Freedom with Individual Responsibility. When enough people in an area or a Nation become Free Individuals - or even embrace the Ideal of Individual Freedom and Individual Responsibility - Social Tyranny dies and Freedom and Liberty for all grows and prospers in direct proportion to the Individual Freedom and Individual Responsibility and Ideal of Individual Freedom and Individual Responsibility within that Nation's individuals. I am not out to create yet another Social Tyranny (even be it in the name of "religion"), but to set each individual free. Yes I have and I teach a definite way of life that includes definite Principles, methods, techniques and ways of doing things. But I insist that each person who joins me in this way of life must do so as a Free Individual, of his or her own Free Will, by having examined me and what I have to offer and made a conscious decision to adopt my way of life as his or her own. Furthermore, I insist that this decision must not be a Final Decision that precludes all future decisions. For Final Decisions that preclude all future decisions are, truly, the very glue that holds all Social Tyranny together. My goal is to build a World-wide Movement for Individual Freedom that will - when ultimately successful - liberate the People and put the Monster of Social Tyranny in a well hewn harness from which it cannot easily escape and harness it to the Common Good in the service of Free Individuals in a Free World.

The American Revolution was not fought and won. The American Revolution with it's American Democratic System of  Government, is a never-ending Revolution that must be fought anew every day by every Freedom Loving man and woman.

The Real Revolution is keeping American Democracy and its Ideal of Individual Freedom alive in the Hearts and Minds of The People.

Eternal Vigilance is, truly, the price of Freedom.

God Bless you.
God Save America.

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