In Defense of Sedition

sedition |siˈdi sh ən|
noun
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

First, the Declaration represented a giant step forward for its time. It preceded (by half a century or so), presaged, and to at least some degree inspired, the 19th-century development of anarchist theory which made the failure clear.

Secondly, it made clear that the hypothetical “legitimacy” of any government which resulted from action on its claims must rest firmly on a basis of … you guessed it … sedition … “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” the “lawful civil authority.”

No sedition, no revolution.

No revolution, no United States of America.

Is it time to re-invoke and, at the same time, re-invent the Declaration of Independence?