So it's the day after Independence Day. And we thought about actually, we thought about

actually dropping this podcast on Independence Day, but then we realized you probably wouldn't

be in a position to listen to it. But here's what we wanted to do. We actually wanted to go

through the Declaration of Independence. What a crazy idea. And the reason why we're going to do

this. And for those of you out there, we've actually had some people context saying that they use our podcast, they use some of our Y minutes and things like that for their homeschooling.

Here's why we're going through the Declaration of Independence.

Because I'm willing to bet right now that if I went and I talked to just about anybody, man on the street interview and I said, why did the 13 colonies declare independence from Great Britain?

I'm willing to bet the answer would be, if there was an answer, taxation without representation.

And that is true in the sense that that was one of many reasons.

But you'll be surprised to find out that the reason why that's the only reason you know about

is actually influenced by a decision that was made with respect to a certain theory

on human history, on revolutions, on what motivates people to do things.

And it's influenced the way your children have been taught to think about independence,

about the Fourth of July.

So today we're going to go through,

and for some of you, this might be the first time you've really heard a point-by-point breakdown of

the Declaration of Independence, why it's important. That's what we're going to do today in order to

equip you with the argument you need to explain to a growing number of people that are actually refusing to celebrate Independence Day. You're going to be able to sit here and you're going to be able to explain to a growing number of people that are actually refusing to celebrate Independence Day,

you're going to be able to sit here and you're going to be able to explain the philosophical

reasons on why it's important and why it's something that we should be able to defend.

Team Friday, soaps, you had a wonderful Independence Day. Thank you for joining us on this episode.

I'm looking forward to our making the argument section because I have a few questions for Nick that I'm looking forward to asking. If you find today's episode,

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