What is the American Experience?

     This country was founded on the grounds of discontent and oppression and has witnessed various forms of revolution, such as the American fight for independence, civil rights for blacks, and women's suffrage. Despite the fact that countless men and women  dedicated their lives for the sake of obtaining the quality of life which Americans live in now, and  now currently neglect, allowing the American government to slowly take away our freedoms, the fruits of the American people's labor and the infinite number of sacrifices made to achieve this liberty. We are the 99%, they are the 1%, and I strongly believe now that it is time for America to revolt united. The American experience is not about the idealized hope and opportunity, but of oppression and revolution.
      At the end of first quarter, I had previously stated that "for the early settlers, the "American experience" was a constant revolt against government constitutions, and continues to be a problem today." And to this day, I still stand true to my convictions with another detail to add. Oppression.
      A feeling of government oppression has been recently felt after the implementation of SOPA and PIPA, and now, with the proposal of ACTA, it is clear that the rights enlisted in the 1st amendment, are being stripped from us before our very eyes. This is a clear act of oppression, not only of American expression, but of worldwide expression as well. The internet, which connected our countries as one, has served as a key factor in several recent revolutions. Now, with the government having perceived this as a destructive tool, is attempting to censor it to quell our innately rebellious spirit.  Thomas Jefferson had clearly written in the Declaration of Independence, " it is their right to throw off such a government," a government convicted of "a long train of abuses and usurpations begun at a distinguished period and pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them..." Americans have a right to rebel, and rebel we will rightly do so.