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Are Venezuelans Wishing They Weren’t Disarmed?

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2024

Shouting is not a substitute for thinking and reason is not the subversion but the salvation of freedom.

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July 30, 2024
Are Venezuelans Wishing They Weren’t Disarmed?
Democracy has long been a shibboleth among U.S. officials and many American statists. From the first grade on up, American children are inculcated with the notion that democracy is equivalent to freedom. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Democracy can actually be a grave threat to freedom. That’s notion is demonstrated by the Bill of Rights, which expressly protects the …
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