The Importance of the Past

i'm not so sure about the role that archetypeal stories of the past are imbedded in me without my fully standing or appreciating it. I think there is a temptation, especially among libertarians, to think that, you know, somehow i can stand on the mountain top independent of everyone. In fact, i'm, in many ways, not fully of free will. And also a theme near and dear to the founder of liberty fund, owing to man's imperfection. But i think if we acknowledge our own lives, people who have shaped us most, it usually wasn't a market transaction but was a gift out of duty and love for each other. That's very much alive