Happy Birthday America, Land of the Free. Don’t give up on the First, Second, Fourth, and Ninth Amendments. They’re unique, and your freedom - and t...
Naval celebrates America's birthday and urges protection of the First, Second, Fourth, and Ninth Amendments, stating that freedom—both in America and globally—depends on them.
Background
- Naval Ravikant is a prominent Indian-American entrepreneur, angel investor, and CEO of AngelList, known for his widely circulated tweets on philosophy, freedom, and technology.
- The First Amendment protects speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition; the Second covers the right to bear arms; the Fourth guards against unreasonable searches and seizures; the Ninth states that rights not explicitly listed in the Constitution are still retained by the people.
- This tweet (from 2012) reflects a distinctively American libertarian viewpoint — the idea that these four amendments are the constitutional core of individual liberty, and that all four are under constant political threat.
- The message is aimed at an American audience on Independence Day, but the "worlds'" (sic) freedom line implies a belief that U.S. constitutional protections have global ripple effects, a common theme in libertarian and tech-forward circles.