No matter how many things are wrong with this nation, Independence Day is not a time for cynicism and pessimism.

Celebrate America, and celebrate it hard.

Because the 4th of July is NOT about supporting this government or blind patriotism.

Independence Day is about the rebel American spirit that gave a big middle finger to the government oppressors.

Yes, the government will try to take this holiday and make it about them. But true rebels know, this holiday is as anti-government as they come.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The equality of all human beings, regardless of race religion, or NATIONALITY.

The right to dissolve the political ties that bind us in favor of a better unanimous organization of society.

These are these self-evident truths made explicit in the Declaration of Independence that we celebrate today.

1. It is your right, and DUTY to ABOLISH a government that no longer represents you.

The entire point of governments is to protect your life, liberty, and property and

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…

[W]hen a long train of abuses and usurpations… reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

2. Governments are authorized ONLY by the "consent of the governed."

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

This means it is the right of any individual to withdraw their consent in a peaceful way. Government has no right to bring you violently back into the fold.

And if you find yourself in a group that is not in unanimous agreement, you have the right to leave that group.

ALL government power stems from the people. If the people delegate our powers to the government, that means the government cannot justly do anything that an individual is not justified in doing.

Can you violently attack your neighbor if he does not pay you? Can you force him into your group without his consent? Then the government can't do it on your behalf.

At that point, it has become an unjust government, and lacks the consent required to be legitimate.