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>Freedom means also that you have to earn it Freedom isn't earned, authority is. Freedom is the default nature of man. Those in power who seek to limit freedom
by yucky 4y ago
>Freedom means also that you have to earn it
Freedom isn't earned, authority is. Freedom is the default nature of man. Those in power who seek to limit freedom, must earn that right. And it can be quickly withdrawn.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago> Freedom is the default nature of man There's nothing natural in modern society. The only natural freedom is the freedom to survive.
- mrguyorama 4y agoThe lion cared not for our "freedom to survive", indeed I doubt the lions cared about property rights or the 2nd amendment either. Freedoms, even when they are freedoms FROM a state entity, only exist because society came together, usually in the form of a state entity, to set norms and expectations and promises.
- yucky 4y agoThis sounds like an argument that could be used to justify slavery.
- trashtester 4y ago> Freedom is the default nature of man In actual Nature, there is absolutely no default state of freedom. The default is to eat or get eaten. "Freedom" is a social construct. Just _maybe_ there is some biological underpinning in the form of tit-for-tat based sets of defensive-oriented instincts. (If you don't hurt me, I'll not hurt you.)