Throughout the history of the United States, we have faced many challenges and yet have remained faithful to our founding precepts: life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. America’s struggle has been singular: the defense of freedom. Today is no different; the only thing that has changed is the amount of information at our fingertips. With the advent of new tools of mass communication, citizens have become more informed than ever before and the internet has only accelerated that process significantly. Unfortunately, all this information has led to a state that is almost as bad as censorship: excessive noise. This noise has detracted from the American narrative, placing theories as absurd as Marxism on an equal moral level as Capitalism, turning patriotic Americans into confused patriotic Americans. The way I see it, as do many people that I have come to know, America is currently in the midst of a struggle between two opposing ideologies: individual freedom versus authoritarian collectivism.

Every enemy we face today embodies an interpretation of collectivism, from a divine mandate denying individual rights represented by the Islamo-fascists to a “greater good” mandate justifying the concentration of power in the hands of a few represented by the socialists and communists. The West in general has moved away from these concepts and towards personal freedom. Maybe it emerges from our Judeo-Christian tradition that emphasizes the role of free choice in attaining salvation, especially since the collectivists tend to follow a more absolutist code or an amoral atheist doctrine.

In America, we are not immune to this conflict of ideologies. There are collectivist tendencies on both sides, but the Left is by far the most vocal in its promotion of the group to the detriment of the member. So while some people look at the world and see just isolated events, I see a clear philosophical tether linking an atomic test in North Korea with a Cap-and-Trade proposal here to the persecution of political opponents in Venezuela. While not a conspiracy per se, these actions and actors move in the same direction: toward authoritarian collectivism. This is why the Anti-American Axis in the world is composed of states and groups with different justifications for their authoritarianism, they agree in the one area that matters (for now): fighting against freedom.

Islamic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ruler of Iran, with Atheist Fidel Castro, dictator of Cuba

So, despite all the noise in our society, one situation clearly exists in America: the battle between individual freedom and collectivism. This is why I came up with the name NeoRepublica, because America needs a renewal of its republican spirit, a renewed understanding that representative democracy is the best defense against authoritarianism. Those who want to weaken our federal republic advocate a socialist or collectivist state run by a small elite who will not respect individual rights. America was founded on the rejection of that notion… and America can only survive if it continues defending the freedom that has made us great.

-AG