Dangerous Liberty Is Your Civic Duty

August 22, 2023

“Do your civic duty,” they tell us. “Do it for your fellow man and woman.” “Do it for your country, and do it because it’s the right thing to do.” We have all heard these statements, and similar others, many times before. And I’m sure we were all taught some form of civic duty in school, but what does that term really mean? And what does it encompass?

The concept of civic duty is attributed to the Romans and their societal structure but I’m sure they adapted it, like so many other things, from another culture or society they had conquered. The term “civics” is from the Latin word “civicus” meaning “relating to a citizen.” A brief search in the interwebs will bring up results that list anywhere from five to 15 different civic cuties in which “good” citizens will perform in service of their fellow man and in service of their government. There is some overlap in the civic duties that help create an inadvertent consensus. Those six are, Voting, Obeying the law, Paying Taxes, Respect your fellow man, Education, and National Defense. Our beloved Constitution lists six broadly worded civic duties in the Preamble;

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

I cannot help but notice in the Preamble that voting is not one of the civic duties listed either directly or more broadly.

Now that we have a baseline for what a civic duty is let’s talk about the Governments role by discussing the “Social Contract.” In it’s basic definition, the social contract is between the Ruled and their Rulers which lays out the rights and duties of each. Similar ideas of a social contract can be seen in Ancient Greek society but the idea really took hold in the 17th & 18th centuries through the writings and philosophies of Thomas Hobbs, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Without diving deep into the philosophy of the social contract just understand that their writings are the basis for our Constitution and its limiting Government power in regards to the individual. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are literal examples of the social contract between the citizen and the Government.

We can debate some of the civic duties, but for the sake of argument let’s just go with the six listed above as being correct or right. When everyone holds up their end of the bargain it all works. We vote, our elected representatives act accordingly and pass reasonable laws, we the citizens follow them and everyone lives happily ever after. Perfect. What happens when one side doesn’t hold up their end of the bargain? We can all think of examples, on both sides, of one side not holding up their end. But let me focus everyone’s brains to the response to COVID-19.

That name conjures up some very deep feelings in a lot of Americans. COVID was, and still is, a real thing. It is an airborne virus that can infect humans. It infected millions of Americans and was responsible for many of those dying as a result, the vast majority being above the age of 80 or morbidly obese. But I’m not here to argue the merits of the disease, I’m writing to argue the merits of the response to COVID-19. We were told to social distance, stay 6 ft apart, mask up(well eventually), cough into your elbow, don’t shake hands, stay inside, don’t congregate, and the best one of all two weeks to slow the spread. Did you do your civic duty? Did you respect your fellow man, woman, child, and someone else’s grandma? Were those BLM protestors holding up their end while they “peacefully protested” and burned businesses down? I know that some of you reading this are probably feeling the anger burn inside of you right now, and justly so. Now let’s ask the inevitable question.

Was the social contract upheld?

Now your blood is probably boiling because we all know for an absolute fact that it was not upheld by our rulers. They wouldn’t even let you be at the bedside of your loved one who was dying. Your loved one who was losing their battle with cancer could not have you by their side because you might give them COVID? I’m sorry, but WTF? What sense does that make? THEY. ARE. DYING! Regardless of a COVID positive test. Then, after they had passed you couldn’t hold a proper funeral for them but our ruling class pulled out all the stops for Rep. John Lewis on July 30th 2020, even two former Presidents showed up to give the eulogy. One of which was a 73 year old Bill Clinton.

You weren’t allowed to go to church because COVID. The 1st Amendment lists religion as a right and the powers that be broke that, repeatedly, and in repeated state and towns all over America. Everyone kept going along because they thought it was their civic duty to do so. All the while we got to see politicians who instituted these draconian lockdowns and COVID policies break their own rules repeatedly without suffering any reprisals or punishment of any kind for their actions. Get the vaccine and you will be fine remember? It’s safe and effective. One lie for sure, possibly two.

The social contract is not broken, it is null and void at this point. There is no coming back from the brazen actions of our ruling class during COVID. There is no apology that will suffice. Best of all, they’re positioning to do it all again. As I write this there are articles in the biggest papers in America and Europe that are pushing the COVID narrative yet again. All with the same draconian measures to be reinstituted, again. I ask you, as Americans or scared Europeans, are you going to go along again? Are you going to be quiet and just put on the mask? It’s just a mask, what’s the big deal?

Your civic duty dictates that you do not go along to get along ever again. Your civic duty does not mean you are to be a Lemming waiting for Government to give you a treat. Your civic duty includes educating yourself on topics, issues, and even diseases. I will end this with a quote from Thomas Jefferson taken from a letter he wrote to the son-in-law of John Adams, William Stephens Smith;

“What country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”

Stay Toxic America.