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You could argue that it is just another stage in 'Escape from Freedom'. I am going to simplify a lot here, but basically the process goes something like this:
by A4ET8a8uTh0 5y ago
You could argue that it is just another stage in 'Escape from Freedom'. I am going to simplify a lot here, but basically the process goes something like this:
-Things are hard; people fight and win some degree of autonomy
-Status quo sets in; people believe this is how it always will be
-Things get easy and people forget what freedom is
-Things get hard..
- skeptical2 5y ago
- 2457013579 5y agoSounds a lot like this saying that’s been going around the last few years: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” Side tangent- I tried to find the author of that quote thinking it has to be a ‘wise man’ of the past (given that it’s not a gender neutral statement), and it looks like that it’s actually from a post apocalyptic book from 2016 that soon after became a meme. Source: https://www.slanglang.net/memes/hard-times-create-strong-men/ https://www.slanglang.net/memes/hard-times-create-strong-men...
- A4ET8a8uTh0 5y agoI am vaguely aware of the meme you are referring to, but I want to stress that the idea is not entirely new[1] and is often reduced to the following citation: "We have been compelled to recognize that millions in Germany were as eager to surrender their freedom as their fathers were to fight for it; that instead of wanting freedom, they sought for ways of escape from it; that other millions were indifferent and did not believe the defense of freedom to be worth fighting and dying for." I am saying that you are absolutely right that it is currently in a cultural spotlight of sorts, but it is hardly the whole story. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Freedom