Rousseauian

"Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." -Rousseau

I was born free, but everywhere else I am in chains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one educated man. In his time, the common man did not have the knowledge, nor the wisdom to really go against the "paradigms of sovereignty." What they grew up with, whether they felt naturally wrong or right, was what they lived with. No one fought against it. It was the law.

Let me ask this, how many people does it take to bring down walls of artificial construction? These laws given birth to at a much different time? These laws that have been adjusted to become shallow, hollow and simply un-American.

From the beginning of time, America has been a nation, which families sought for refuge. Families left to escape religious persecution, famine, and wars; they left everything, risking their lives knowing that in the land of opportunity they will have a future waiting for them.

200 years and opportunities are still flourishing. 200 years and families are still seeking refuge here. 200 years and families are creating a future for their future generations. 200 years of hardships, yet the laws set on paper (and take note, not on stone) have been made to be cut and dry.

Anyone alive on this planet, everyone fortunate enough to have been born naturally holds the rights to be the best they can be. As a matter of fact, they hold the right to do whatever it is that pleases them. God, Himself, gave us that freedom. However, in order to maintain, well, ORDER, we have signed a contract with society. We trade in our sovereignty for order. Has it been a fair trade, lately?

It seems as if it hasn't been. What makes an American a citizen - a free person of this country? His birth certificate that says he was born here? His spouse? Isn't that a paradigm of sovereignty? Is being a free man of this country a "divine right"? Almost like monarchy? One has a right to royalty simply because he was born in the family line?

Are others aware that families who have found refuge here who can't afford to be a citizen, who work harder than a natural citizen to be a contributing part of this country are being deported SIMPLY because they missed a deadline by a few weeks, or days? Not even committing murder, or any other crimes that are going unpunished!
I didn't know that not having enough money was a crime. I had no idea that families who come to lead a better life here come only to window-shop for jobs, for opportunities in this land filled with them. You can be here and still not be here, amazing how that can be possible, huh?

Hollow. Shallow and I am in question whether I am still living in a country that is by the people, of the people, and for the people.