4 de Julho

A Revolução separatista, pelo primado do direito natural, contra todas as formas de poder politico centralizado (incluindo o do centralismo democratico). Eu gosto de pensar na excepção americana naquilo que a aproximou de um ordem natural. Recorrendo a Edmund burke (citado por Rothbard):

* "We thought, Sir, that the utmost which the discontented colonists would do, was to disturb authority; we never dreamt they could of themselves supply it."

* "we were confident that the first feeling, if not the very prospect of anarchy, would instantly enforce a complete submission. The experiment was tried. A new, strange, unexpected face of things appeared. Anarchy is now found tolerable. A vast province has now subsisted, and subsisted in a considerable degree of health and vigor, for near a twelvemonth, without governor, without public council, without judges, without executive magistrates"

Foi num ambiente que quase ausencia de Estado, mas presença de governo (o Xerife e Juiz eram contratados, a autonomia local era quase total, gerida pelos comerciantes e notavies como em muitas cidades da Europa de outros tempos, os espaços abertos - da fronteira - cuja ordem era mantida por cada um ou cada comunidade, a propriedade adquirida pela ocupaçao e uso, etc).

Hoje, o pro-americanismo parece por vezes cair numa fixação pelo seu governo federal (e um novo militarismo-nacionalismo - a do centro), cuja dimensao a muito que escapou do seu designio original (causas: primeiro a imposiçao da Uniao pela força - Lincoln, depois a Grande Guerra, o New Deal, a Guerra fria, etc).

No original.

"The Declaration is divided into three main sections: a preamble, a list of grievances, and a conclusion:

1. Authority for Declaration stated to be Laws of Nature and Nature's God.
2. Self-evident truths: all men are created equal.
3. Nature's God, Creator of the Laws of Nature has endowed men with certain unalienable rights.
4. Among these unalienable rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
5. Governments are established to safeguard these rights, and derive their just power from the consent of the governed
6. Whenever a government neglects its duties, the people have a right to change or abolish it and form a new government that will guarantee their safety and happiness
7. Long-established governments should not be overthrown for trivial reasons
8. However, repeated crimes and abuses require that the people revolt
9. Such has been the case with Great Britain "