The principles that served as the foundation of the United States of America were individual liberty and responsibility, a strictly limited and accountable national government.  That same government, along with the media, academia, and the bipartisan monopolist parties, have had much success in making those principles appear “old-fashioned” or “obsolete” in the popular mind, where collectivist statism is portrayed as more attractive than liberty.  Both parties of the American “two-party system” are larded with leaders (and voters) for whom this statist mentality has become the norm.  The following organizations offer some much needed balance to the overrated status quo.