2009-03-19

Forgetting Our Freedoms

It perplexes me how people demand liberty and more government interventionism at the same time.

Aren't the two mutually exclusive?

Far left liberals and far right conservatives both make no sense on this front. On one end, liberals fear loss of freedom but habitually call for government interventionism to protect us from "privatization" while conservatives lament freedom's disappearance but also run to the government to protect us from "socialism."

In other words, they're both right freedom is on the run but both completely miscalculate the reasons for it and misjudge the solution.

Our mindset is such that more government involvement makes perfect sense. Either we've redefined liberty or we've completely forgotten what it means.
Posted by T.C.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/19/2009

    Evolution teaches us that there are two ways to lose something: a)misuse and abuse it and B) not use it for some times.

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  2. T.C.3/19/2009

    I agree.

    And with your comment in my other post for that matter.

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