The four boxes of liberty is an idea that proposes: "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
The soap box represents exercising one's right to freedom of speech to influence politics to defend liberty. The ballot box represents exercising one's right to vote to elect a government which defends liberty. The jury box represents using jury nullification to refuse to convict someone being prosecuted for breaking an unjust law that decreases liberty. The cartridge box represents exercising one's right to keep and bear arms to oppose, in armed conflict, a government that decreases liberty. The four boxes (in that order) represent increasingly forceful (and increasingly controversial) methods of political action. (From Wikipedia)
Thank you for the excellent breakdown, that is a great allegory (or aphorism?) for the situation as we're experiencing it. We're pretty well close to the fourth-reminds me of Bezmenov and his warning and how we're similarly advanced in the stages of subversion.
Will somebody explain this to me?
Four Boxes of Liberty
The four boxes of liberty is an idea that proposes: "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
The soap box represents exercising one's right to freedom of speech to influence politics to defend liberty. The ballot box represents exercising one's right to vote to elect a government which defends liberty. The jury box represents using jury nullification to refuse to convict someone being prosecuted for breaking an unjust law that decreases liberty. The cartridge box represents exercising one's right to keep and bear arms to oppose, in armed conflict, a government that decreases liberty. The four boxes (in that order) represent increasingly forceful (and increasingly controversial) methods of political action. (From Wikipedia)
Thank you for the excellent breakdown, that is a great allegory (or aphorism?) for the situation as we're experiencing it. We're pretty well close to the fourth-reminds me of Bezmenov and his warning and how we're similarly advanced in the stages of subversion.