Declaration of the Freedom of Mind

This statement originated from a meeting with citizen organizers in New York City on President’s Day, February 17, 2020, when we noted a public not lacking in resources or will but gripped with disappointment, demoralization, and despair at a government’s unconcern for its citizens. Its failure to grasp a problem of mental health had resulted in its failure even of a political process (impeachment and removal), and the psychological oppression of a populace was proving to be the most pernicious form of oppression of all. The phenomenon of oppression is no different from what our Founders experienced at the time of the…