On the Square Today

James R. Rogers on collective action and the Declaration :

As much as they objected to violations of individual liberty, the colonists objected to the King’s preventing them from exercising a  collective  liberty–to be governed by laws established by their own consent through their representatives. This aspect of the Declaration’s argument has been largely lost in the emphasis we place on individual rights.

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