> The people gave away their freedoms out of fear. The modern state is far more freedom-restricting than any other type of state which came before, and this is

> The people gave away their freedoms out of fear. The modern state is far more freedom-restricting than any other type of state which came before, and this is due to technology. Historically there were many slaves who were freer than the “free” man of today. You’re also right that fear is the predominant feeling/force that maintains order in a modern state. See the book Technological Slavery: https://archive.org/download/tk-Technological-Slavery/tk-Technological-Slavery.pdf https://archive.org/download/tk-Technological-Slavery/tk-Tec...