Was Freedom taken by force or by choice? Does it Matter?

[nunaem]

Either:
The State demanded the People's submission and the People, by and large, were only too happy to oblige.
Or:
The People, by and large, demanded their own subordination and the State was only too happy to oblige.

Does it really matter which of these is true? Isn't the moral of the story in either scenario that the People make terrible protectors of Freedom?

Who, then, is fit to protect Freedom insofar as the mob is not powerful enough to relinquish it?

Hint: The answer is repeated many times in The Protocols.

[mightymanx]

Freedom in a government is just like a forest that needs to burn down every once and a while to thrive . The fire clears out all the dead wood and undergrowth that chokes the life out of the trees(freedom).

Humans are the caretakers of freedom but humans are complacent by nature, so they allow deadwood and undergrowth to build up, and will only deal with it when it disrupts their comfort at a level that is too obvious to ignore any longer.

[Liquid]

Freedom in a government is just like a forest that needs to burn down every once and a while to thrive . The fire clears out all the dead wood and undergrowth that chokes the life out of the trees(freedom).

Humans are the caretakers of freedom but humans are complacent by nature, so they allow deadwood and undergrowth to build up, and will only deal with it when it disrupts their comfort at a level that is too obvious to ignore any longer.


Excellent post!!

[Ponce]

Freedom was not taken away.........it was given away for being so freaking STUPID.....WAKE UP.