I've always liked Benjamin Franklin's quote on this subject:
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. - Franklin
I like this quote because it highlights the inherent redundancy and ineffectiveness of libertarian ideology. I 100% agree with Franklin but here is the issue, if only good people are capable of freedom because presumably good people won't use their freedom to commit evil, what good is freedom then? If you will only use your freedom to be good then you have no use for freedom because your actions are already restricted by your virtue. Therefore, the only people who benefit from freedom are those who are not virtuous and if these people aren't virtuous then why would you as a virtuous person want those without virtue to have freedom? You wouldn't.
So to me, freedom is useless. What we should advocate for is to control evil. Oppress evil and when you do so you won't actually oppress good people. Good people will always feel free when you oppress evil because good people will never utilize their freedom to do evil anyway so if you restrict people from doing evil, you are not actually transgressing on the freedom of those who are good people.
Freedom of all speech isn't needed. You only need freedom to say good things.
What determines good and evil? The men in charge. Don't like what they think is good or evil? Replace them with your own guys.
I've always liked Benjamin Franklin's quote on this subject:
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. - Franklin
I like this quote because it highlights the inherent redundancy and ineffectiveness of libertarian ideology. I 100% agree with Franklin but here is the issue, if only good people are capable of freedom because resumable good people won't use their freedom to commit evil, what good is freedom then? If you will only use your freedom to be good then you have no use for freedom because your actions are already restricted by your virtue. Therefore, the only people who benefit from freedom are those who are not virtuous and if these people aren't virtuous then why would you as a virtuous person want those without virtue to have freedom? You wouldn't.
So to me, freedom is useless. What we should advocate for is to control evil. Oppress evil and when you do so you won't actually oppress good people. Good people will always feel free when you oppress evil because good people will never utilize their freedom to do evil anyway so if you restrict people from doing evil, you are not actually transgressing on the freedom of those who are good people.
Freedom of all speech isn't needed. You only need freedom to say good things.
What determines good and evil? The men in charge. Don't like what they think is good or evil? Replace them with your own guys.
I've always liked Benjamin Franklin's quote on this subject:
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. - Franklin
I like this quote because it highlights the inherent redundancy an ineffectiveness of libertarian ideology. I 100% agree with Franklin but here is the issue, if only good people are capable of freedom because resumable good people won't use their freedom to commit evil, what good is freedom then? If you will only use your freedom to be good then you have no use for freedom because your actions are already restricted by your virtue. Therefore, the only people who benefit from freedom are those who are not virtuous and if these people aren't virtuous then why would you as a virtuous person want those without virtue to have freedom? You wouldn't.
So to me, freedom is useless. What we should advocate for is to control evil. Oppress evil and when you do so you won't actually oppress good people. Good people will always feel free when you oppress evil because good people will never utilize their freedom to do evil anyway so if you restrict people from doing evil, you are not actually transgressing on the freedom of those who are good people.
Freedom of all speech isn't needed. You only need freedom to say good things.
What determines good and evil? The men in charge. Don't like what they think is good or evil? Replace them with your own guys.