Political philosophies shape the foundations of american government. many strongly believed that government should be in the hands of the governed. what is your philosophy? do you agree with the many who believe that government should be in the hand of the people or do you think having a king or queen is a better choice?

When the declaration of independence was made they basically tried to have philosopher of freedom in it like John Locke. He helped shape the ideas of freedom like he said divine rights ( the power of being a king or queen is given by god) he said that was incorrect that the people gave them the right to be king or queen. He thought that the people can over throw the king if they don't go through parliament and if the government becomes destructive. The government should get overthrown if ithe doesn't help with the people's needs.

It me to understand the world and my place in it. for example, (and i know i’m using the terminology ‘historical perspective’ loosely here; some of my examples may be better termed an ‘evolutionary perspective’) knowing that all humans can trace their ancestry back to a common ancestor who lived in southern ethiopia ~200,000 years ago makes me feel connected to everyone on the planet. knowing that some of our ancestors left africa about 70,000 years ago and interbred with more archaic hominin species in europe and elsewhere, me to see the stupidity of white supremacist ‘purity of the race’ themes. seeing how religion was used to enslave people, and how callously lives were thrown away by those in power in the world wars of the past century makes me feel extremely fortunate to be living in the modern era. and, perhaps most importantly is that this knowledge makes me for the sacrifices our ancestors made to get us to this point, and determined to do my part to make the world a better place for the next generation.