If you reduced a dog’s chain one link at a time, every few days, until his chain is so short he won’t be able to move, he will never resist. He’s conditioned to the loss of his freedom slowly, over time.
I stare at you,
you stare at me.
I have three eyes,
Yet I cannot see.
Every time I blink,
I give commands.
You do as you are told.
With your feet and hands.
The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those are inherent within you. Rather, it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.