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Originally Posted by Peregrino
I've always believed that too; unfortunately, as I look around the world today I see a general decrease in individual freedom and an increase in totalitarianism. It seems as though true freedom is an uncomfortable responsibility that a significant percentage of humanity cannot manage so they create governments to regulate it and make it more "comfortable" for those who are threatened by the implications. (And by the success of those who can function in an environment of personal responsibility and achievement.) Even our own experiment in freedom is currently imperilled by the rise of the dependant classes who want government to manage everything to ensure their own comfort.
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Well said Peregrino and I agree. Our culture has changed and it has taken years of negligence to achieve that
change. I
hope that we as a society can realize that and renew that concept without resorting to revolution.
Who was it who said the tree of liberty requires the blood of patriots to sustain it? Maybe we've been shedding blood for the wrong reasons these past few decades...