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Originally posted by Telefunken
Never trade freedom for security.
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I appreciate the idea, but that's a bit far-reaching to accept as a normative principle. I trade away my freedom to keep all of my money in exchance for the security of a police force. I trade away my freedom to drive 130 mph in a residential zone for the security of knowing that no one else can either.
Most significantly, I trade away the utter freedom of being a "natural man" for the security of living in community.
Perhaps you had some more specific freedoms in minds?
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