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#396 - Sebastian Junger - The Brutal History Of Freedom

Modern Wisdom

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Is the Enemy Not Going to Show Mercy?

Freedom as a supreme value was borne out of the fact that there were really no alternatives worth considering. When you have that enacted against er another nation, you end up securing your own nation. But when you start to play this self referential game within a country, what you end up with ever more malicious strategies in order to be able to manipulate people and make the other side seem like the bad guys. It is the beginning of the endo democracy. It's going to destroy it.

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