We the founders of [New Nation] proudly proclaim this Declaration of Freedom and renounce initiated physical coercion. Indeed, our socioeconomic system utterly outlaws it. Our social system enables all human interactions, with no exception, to take place through voluntary persuasion and trade by the free exercise of reason. Pure Capitalism is the only social system that fulfills this requirement. We proclaim that Capitalism is, and always shall be, the socioeconomic system of [New Nation].
Under [New Nation’s] system of pure Capitalism, the Constitution, for which this declaration is the preamble, prohibits the government, at any level, from intervention into finance, economy, education, medicine, science, religion, or any other activity or enterprise, including those yet to be developed.
We recognize that as long as human nature is volitional, certain forces from within and without will initiate and threaten physical coercion. But our government exists to execute a sole sacred function. [New Nation’s] government addresses physical force initiated from within by a legal system of police and courts. It addresses physical force initiated from without by a virtually impregnable system of defense. And [New Nation] will not want for impassioned citizens and allies to defend freedom, with enlightened professionals leading the way on the intellectual and military ramparts.
As we set out on this grand endeavor, we the leaders of [New Nation] proudly adopt an exalted oath uttered long ago by the founders of the nation to which we alluded at the opening of this declaration. It is fitting that we adopt their oath as our own, for the inspiration of their original founding is timeless.
We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
With these words ringing down through the ages, we know that all men and women of good will on Earth—East and West—will join us in our quest—our quest for a new Age of Reason—our quest to begin the world over again, with the birth of a new Enlightenment.
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