Based on the question, one would think you must choose one or the other. "Would you like all the food in the world or all the money in the world?" Well all the food in the world will only feed you. All the money in the world will buy you all the food in the world along with anything else you may need or want.
With freedom you are free to choose your own security. You can choose to have as much as you want, need, or would like. You could choose security based on threat (beware of dog), survailence (security company, cameras, armed guards on call) or defensive force (armed guards on duty, guns, etc). When you choose the security, the security defends YOU.
If you choose security first, you get what someone else chooses to give you. They may even see you as the bad guy. Just because you are free does not mean you can't have security.
The government loves this question. It nurtures the assumption that freedom is not safe. Who would pick freedom if they were just going to get robbed and murdered after selecting it?
Instead what we should be asking is "do you want the freedom to choose who protects you and how, or the people in charge of security to decide who to protect and how?"
Based on the question, one would think you must choose one or the other. "Would you like all the food in the world or all the money in the world?" Well all the food in the world will only feed you. All the money in the world will buy you all the food in the world along with anything else you may need or want.
ReplyDeleteWith freedom you are free to choose your own security. You can choose to have as much as you want, need, or would like. You could choose security based on threat (beware of dog), survailence (security company, cameras, armed guards on call) or defensive force (armed guards on duty, guns, etc). When you choose the security, the security defends YOU.
If you choose security first, you get what someone else chooses to give you. They may even see you as the bad guy. Just because you are free does not mean you can't have security.
The government loves this question. It nurtures the assumption that freedom is not safe. Who would pick freedom if they were just going to get robbed and murdered after selecting it?
Instead what we should be asking is "do you want the freedom to choose who protects you and how, or the people in charge of security to decide who to protect and how?"
your too good, again well put.
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