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"Frankly, I'm not sure people really want real freedom at all." Someone answered that already, thousands of years ago: "Only a few prefer liberty, the majority
by userulluipeste 13y ago
"Frankly, I'm not sure people really want real freedom at all."
Someone answered that already, thousands of years ago:
"Only a few prefer liberty, the majority seek nothing more than fair masters."
The vast majority doesn't want freedom, or at least they don't truly want it, as they can not use/value/appreciate it. I would say that the ones who do are the ones that induce the demand for freedom in the rest of the population. It just is the the easiest way of achieving such things. In this light, although the wish for freedom is touted as a noble goal, it isn't that different than some other personal quest in which a minority reaps the benefits of something that a majority fought for. Maybe our freedom (i.e. all the things that define it) is currently just tending to be reshaped to a more natural form, fitting better our average human nature?
- dwaltrip 13y agoI think we can do better, and are far pretty from optimal. This optimum may be unreachable without technological, edcuational, and cultural advances. But I see no point in settling.