Governor Ronald Reagan, in his 1967 inaugural address, famously remarked, “Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction.” However, even the most despotic regimes call themselves not only free but civilized. They often use the justification of "caretakers of the people." It sure works for the insiders and to recruit acolytes. It allows every sort of corruption.
Freedom, as in real freedom, has another side - an evil twin
as it were. Yes. Freedom can be used to destroy itself by using its agency to
steal freedom from neighbors. Historically, every time a society achieves some
measure of freedom, it is under constant attack to contain, alter, and control
it from within and without.
Others interpret freedom to mean a well-ordered social
society, where all must obey rules they have little part in creating.
Other social orders require giving up freedom by agreeing to
precepts through which they become members, thereby securing safety, in a
civilized manner of course. Such orders must remain isolated to function as
intended.
Freedom, like people, requires constant maintenance.
Achieving freedom in a civilization is nothing less than an optimization
problem, whereby maximal freedom is allowed while minimizing restrictions upon
action. This was the USA in the beginning, but now laws and regulations are
taking it to task.
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