Status Updates From Common Sense, The Rights of...

I’m on a Colonial America binge. It’s great to read just for any normal person. It’s also interesting because he makes really good arguments by weaving in biblical truths and the concept of God. “A king ruling by divine right is an insult to God” kind of thing.

"'...altho' laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations...they continue to derive their force from consent of the living." ...Paine's famous reiteration of Jefferson's principle that the earth belonged to the living." xv
It baffles me that people want to honor the constitution without considering the principles of the founding fathers. Earth belongs to the living. End of story.