Welcome to the Revolution

I talked about this on #LibertyHappyHour last night, but I’ve been sitting with it and want to expand a bit on my thoughts. I am reminded of a quote from Ben Franklin upon the founding of our nation where he once said, “America would be a republic, if you can keep it.” The most significant danger republics like ours face is not the sudden assault of an aspiring autocracy but the slow erosion of cultural and institutional defenses. I am not a puritan by any stretch of the imag