What Would a Free Society Look Like?

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I liked this article by Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation (www.fff.org). I used to belong to them and got these neat little books every month. They always had some great essays by Hornberger, Sheldon Richman and others. I still have a few around the house.

Hornberger is a great advocate for freedom and this short little essay of his is an example. It asks some good questions and at least gets you thinking. At least it did me and I hope it will others. πŸ™‚

You must know enough about me by now to know that I am VERY much in favor of a free society. πŸ˜‰ I have been a Libertarian for years, working to restore this country to some semblance of the free society we USED to have. I would REALLY like to see the USA return to its founding principles of freedom and liberty for all.

No, we were never perfect, but our principles were (are) sound. Our most basic principle is that of self ownership. Freedom to decide how YOU want to live YOUR life! Since we fought the American Revolution to ensure that one basic human right, our people have fought constantly for freedom.

We have fought against slavery, for womens’ rights, for workers rights, for minority rights, etc. Even today, our soldiers are fighting for what they were TOLD was someones freedom (regardless of whether what they were told was a lie, those soldiers believed it when they left home to fight).

These principles, which hold that the individual is important, are no longer respected in America. Even though it was our support for individual liberty that formed the basis for the most free and prosperous country in the history of the planet. πŸ™

Since we stopped following those principles and no longer have any respect for individual liberty, we’ve been going backwards in every way. Most people here don’t agree with me.

They’ll come up with all kinds of excuses and false premises as to what’s wrong with this country. They’ll grasp at any straw to avoid the fact that we have lost most of our liberty already and what’s left of it is fading fast.

They have been manipulated by the government and the media to believe that they are better off trading their freedom for security.

Ben Franklin said it best over 200 years ago…

β€œThose who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

I agree with Ben! He was a pretty sharp guy and he sure as hell knew what he was talking about when he made that statement!

I am NOT willing to trade my freedom for any kind of security, it’s NOT worth it! I will take my chances with whatever the world brings my way. I only want the FREEDOM to be able to live MY life the way I choose, just like everybody else should be able to do.

I can think of SO many things I could do if our government had not grown so big. Rules and regulations everywhere. Nit picking and harassing me every time I try to break out of the mold and try to do something different. New ideas for businesses, etc. I can imagine that expanding to all the other people around me and the absolute explosion of creativity, which will foster prosperity, which will foster peace.

I can imagine with that freedom that people would be much happier, much more productive, much more friendly open and caring. Just think for a minute what would you do if you had a 30-50% raise.

Would you spend the extra money on something useful or enjoyable? Go back to school, take a trip, buy a bike, etc? Would you spend it on charity? Would you use the TIME instead to spend more time with your friends and family? Would you take the time to relax and just enjoy life?

Just think how much better off we’d all be with less stress in our lives! I’m pretty sure a LOT of that stress comes from work. How many people are just working for the money? I know plenty of people like that. They HATE their jobs, they’re miserable but they can’t quit. They need the money.

Wouldn’t it be great if we all could work at something we loved and didn’t need to worry about the paycheck? Β If we cut government back down to its constitutional limits, you would GET that raise! We might even be able to stop choosing jobs only for the money. Imagine!! πŸ™‚

What do YOU think a truly free society would look like? Would you like it? Or do you think you wouldn’t like it? Why?

2 thoughts on “What Would a Free Society Look Like?

  1. I would love to be free to live my life as I choose. I would love to not have my taxes being stolen from us for our hard work and then given to welfare moms and their kids they can’t seem to stop having every year or two. I would love for the money we earn to pay for our cell phone and cable and internet instead of paying for ours as well as those on Welfare as the state of PA decided that all citizens even those who don;t work must have these things as necessities!

    I would love if our money did not go to wars we disagree with and if our doctors did not volunteer to give free medical care to Iraqis, Mexicans and other foreigners while charging us outrageous prices for 15 minutes of their time. Then sending us to collections if we are late with a bill while allowing others to use fake names and get all their medical care for absolutely no charge!

    You want to know what is wrong with American health care Capt Jill? All the people who take it for free while the rest of us pay not only our own bills but the health care thieves as well!

    If my husband and I were truly free, we would be taking every dime that we earn and using it to pay for the lifestyle WE choose. Because we are forced to pay for the irresponsible people’s lifestyle choices, we end up becoming one of them and having to be part of insurance plans because in America, if you are successful, you not only pay for your own expenses, but for all those stupid people who refuse to pay for their own.

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