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If the question is what is "the spirit of government" that needs to be changed then my answer is that the endless war empire needs to be sublimated asap. The core Corporate/Security State/Political parties appear to be too craven to undo this evil.

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Do you think that the spirit of government is a Liberal one? And that this being the case, we need to turn away from the liberal values that the government holds religiously, evangelizes religiously, crusades for religiously, and pushes upon the world at gunpoint, religiously?

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If Liberal is meant to describe a totalitarian egalitarianism like that of the French Revolution and our current situation then yes we should turn away from that.

If Liberal is meant to describe essential properties of individuals (free association, free conscience, free speech) these properties imply a rejection of totalitarian impulses. To maintain my freedom I will not interfere with my neighbors properties of freedom and will resist any governments that interfere with my neighbors properties.

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It's about half an hour of reading, but this is the most detailed/accurate description of liberal that I know. I'm working on another post right now, but if I have time, I'm going to copy/past this, as well as do a recording of it for people as well.

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_20061888_libertas.html

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One can hope.

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