The Real Meaning of the Fourth of July

Traditionally, the Fourth of July is a day for fireworks and cookouts. But we should take the time to also appreciate the deeper meaning of Independence Day. The founding of the United States of America was an unprecedented achievement of enormous moral and practical significance. America was the first and only nation founded on the idea that your life belongs, not to a king, or to the pope, or to the state, but to you, to pursue your values, your happiness. The Founders believed it was the government's job to protect this right. On July 4, we celebrate the Founders' vision of the sovereign individual who is free to live by his own independent judgment and to pursue his own life and happiness. From the Ayn Rand Institute, I'm Yaron Brook.

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[troyfreedom]

Why do I need a government to give me rights or freedom?

[anthonyminimum]

The government doesn’t give or take away your *basic* freedoms, you are born with those rights and if your government doesn’t respect them, then you have the power to change the government, that’s the beauty of living in the USA, unlike other countries, certain rights and liberties are guaranteed to be protected under the US Constitution like speech, religion, gun ownership, and other things.

[KevinHoward-lq]

My dad said no fireworks🎉 until I remember this😢. But I did it I think we got one firework

[RogerFusselman]

I'm glad I grew up in a household that respected individualism and liberty. The more the world does that, the better. The holiday is worth celebrating, even by people in other nations around the world. The people shocked by this video are the types for whom individualism is a dirty word, yet individualism is the only fundamental principle to fight both slavery and racism. They would likely have defended slavery had they lived in those times, and given how much they would defend regulation and confiscatory taxation, it can be argued that they still defend involuntary servitude. Good people are spiritually American, regardless where and when they lived or whatever party they may endorse, for their respect for rights keeps them on good standing with their neighbors and makes respect between individuals possible. America was and is far from perfect, to be sure, but America's detractors are much farther from perfect.

[xyork]

Didn't work out so well over time though...
Hardly the "Land Of The Free" anymore is it?

[billyking]

I am still a proud American that loves this country and would give my life for it if or when needed, and if you don't feel the same it's ok just please leave, go see how life is in Russia or Cuba

[Iamjamessmith]

Thank you. In the heat of the day, good memories like this are a refreshing breeze.

[jeffreycamp]

Finding something that was already found isn't an achievement "founded America"

[jeffreycamp]

But I must thank you for making this video. Bring awareness that the 4th is more than hot dogs and Burgers lol. So thank you!

[MrChamesy]

Funny, the Native Americans didn't get these rights for a long time.

[theoutlander]

But what about the "native savages", as they are called in the declaration of independence?

[JoryStultz]

A lot of esoteric occult aspects completely ignored.

[anthonypayne]

In 1776 as the United States celebrated its independence from England, African-Americans, as a people, ironically were not free.

Many of them fought against the British alongside the Caucasian people of this country in hopes of obtaining their freedom if they survived. Some did, some died, some never got their freedom.

This is the truth of the legacy of the Fourth of July. So there is no more fitting of a day to declare that "Black Lives Matter" than today, in commemoration of African-Americans being a big enough people to fight for a country that would not fight for them without other agendas.

Today those of us who are awake and aware remember our ancestors who fought and died so we could have the opportunities that we are supposed to have today.

So as we light our grills and our fireworks, safe and in our homes, we must never forget those who made this possible.

We must never forget because the struggle is not over. And for those who would turn back the clock on us, it is now time for our people to stand again, stronger, brighter and more unified than ever before.

It is time for the world to see how much your life matters. Have a great holiday.

[mathieuchangeux]

What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?

[vp_alternative_living]

But yet the slaves had no independence. Smh

[mangotango]

Unless you're black or indigenous

[Jasmine-vidb]

black MEN weren’t freed until June 19th, 1865.

[MMGJ]

Reading through these comments is really unsettling.
It's amazing how the sentiment in this country has changed since I was a kid in the 80's.

America hates itself.. somehow.
We're being TAUGHT to hate this country and we're buying it, hook, line, and sinker.
We're literally watching the demise of this great country right now.

Who's leading the minions?

[GrYsn]

Oh I dint know Bec I’m not America I’m aussie

[huckfin]

More of the propaganda, your life nows belomg to the I.M.F. you better learn it.