On this Columbus Day, when Columbus “discovered” The New World (Really? Native Americans weren’t already here?) one should, I believe, ponder the following.

Is it a defined political hierarchy centered in Washington DC?
Or is it The Constitution?

Is it a symbol (e.g. the flag)?
Or is it A Republican Form of Government, as allegedly guaranteed by our Constitution (as amended)?

Is it an organized looting operation centered in NYC and Washington DC?

Or is it this?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

– US Declaration of Independence.

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