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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sanity

These weren’t just lofty words — they were the soul of the American experiment.

3 min readApr 17, 2025
Photo by Koushalya Karthikeyan on Unsplash

Why It’s Time America Rediscovers Its Core Values

There’s a reason our founding documents didn’t start with tax brackets and parking ordinances. They opened with bold ideals: Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness.

These weren’t just lofty words — they were the soul of the American experiment.

But in 2025? It feels like we’re living in the blooper reel of that experiment.

The pursuit of happiness has morphed into the pursuit of clicks. Liberty is wielded like a weapon. And “life”? Depending on your skin tone, zip code, or reproductive organs, that seems conditional.

It’s time for a national gut check.

Because buried beneath the division and dysfunction is a quiet truth:
America already has what it needs to heal.
We have to remember who we are.

Liberty Was Never Meant to Be a Solo Sport

Somewhere along the way, “freedom” got hijacked and repackaged as selfishness.

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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