Dear Freedom Rising Community
The Time to Stand Up Is Now
The following is taken from The Victoria Declaration drafted by Dr. Chris Shaw and Ted Kuntz in
2021:
There is little argument that governments are exceeding their delegated authority. Over the past five years, governments globally have indiscriminately and immorally destroyed local economies, shuttered businesses, places of worship, and schools, restricted personal movement, mandated unwarranted behaviors, imposed unproven medical interventions, and eliminated the most basic of human rights and freedoms. All of this in the absence of true authority, evidence of benefit,
accountability, and in blatant disregard of the overwhelming damage to the health and well-being of the populace. To permit this unfettered abuse of power is to risk losing the natural rights and freedoms that are the heritage of all people and the foundation of free and just societies.
History shows that humanity has often been exploited by the machinations of tyrants, opportunists, oligarchs, and oppressors. History further reveals that rights and freedoms are never returned
willingly. Rather, it is the oppressed themselves who ultimately reclaim and preserve human rights that benefit humanity. One of the consequences of tyranny is that we individually and collectively affirm what we are willing to accept from those to whom we delegate power. Tyranny also clarifies what we are willing to fight for and perhaps even die for.
Governmental authority is limited to the authority we delegate to them. This social contract is based on public acceptance of
governmental actions being in the best interest of humanity. It is the duty of every human to ensure that fundamental human rights are upheld. The consequence of failing to stand up and curtail tyranny is to risk losing all that we hold precious and to condemn future generations to lives of servitude.
It is our responsibility to take back what we have allowed to be taken from us and to protect our inalienable rights and freedoms. We must recognize with clarity and compassion
that:
a) We are not mere bystanders to these events, and wittingly or unwittingly, have abdicated control over our own destiny and become complicit in our own disempowerment.
b) Only with ruthless individual reflection, recognizing our past roles, our vulnerabilities, and responsibilities, will we gather our strength and our courage to stand in our power to claim sovereignty over
our lives and futures.
c) We must recognize what lies ahead and connect with our divine/spiritual essence and community on this path for truth, in order to assume the necessary self-determination to create a posterity of healthy and prosperous individuals living in freedom.
