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The paradox of American freedom
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
I'm Glad You Invoke Democracy
In your new book, Ellsberg explores the paradoxical relationship between freedom and obligation. He argues that for most of human history, freedom had to be at least suffered for,. And that raised its value something almost sacred. In modern democracies, however, an ethos of public sacrifice is rarely needed because freedom and survival are more or less guaranteed. The idea that we can enjoy the benefits of society while owing nothing in return is literally infantile.
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