[extropy-chat] is freedom overrated?

[Al Brooks]

Look, Mike I'm not saying freedom is unimportant, only that it might be overrated. It's like love: every day of my life I've been hearing about 'love', but to some love is Jesus Christ; to others love is a plastic $3.99 dildo. I've heard ceacelessly about freedom after growing up (when you live with your parents when young you know their freedom, not your own) but have also heard those that exalt freedom so much complain that the lives they have chosen restrict their freedom oh so much. A freedom-obsessed Republican radio talk show host complains the different liberty-promoting jobs (radio talk show; Independence Institute head; Independence TV show) he has restrict his own freedom. yet nobody put a gun to his head forcing him to run from one studio to another. Ask him 'why so many positions'? 
"I've got two kids" he responds.
 So perhaps, just maybe, he is using love of freedom as a cover for something else, such as money, power & all that. I could go on to a pontification of how so many --possibly all-- might be using freedom to cover will to power, but you ought to be spared a diatribe on freedom or lack thereof. Leave it that freedom might be overrated, hope it is no sin to voice such a sentiment at extropy-chat.
 
 

		
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