Understanding Freedom and Its Costs
Harry Goslin at Strike the Root - freedom isn't free. It must be constantly defended. But the machinations the state creates supposedly serving this reality are not freedom. Liberty does not mean living in a gilded cage. It means living without a cage. Declare your independence. From the nanny state. [root]
At its core, "freedom isn't free" is a simple way for millions of self-deluded nitwits to rationalize government-generated mass murder and destruction. That's it. It ain't any more complicated than that. Surprisingly, the sheep are content, and even proud of what is accomplished with their support, and the state gets a license to kill with no immediate cost. Blowback is a long-term cost, but, in the words of an icon of the state-worshiping crowd, "in the long run, we are all dead." There'll be plenty of government spending in the future to perpetuate freedom for them that will pay the piper for the tunes selected by the current audience.
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"Liberty does not mean living in a gilded cage. It means living without a cage.
That should be on a bumper sticker. Hel, it should be on the front page of every newspaper in America. We shouldn't have to point it out. Good stuff here.
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Good line
Liberty does not mean living in a gilded cage. It means living without a cage.
I'm gonna have to quote that one. So true. My own father doesn't seem to understand this.
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