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"We have enormous freedom. That’s not a gift that was given to us, it’s a legacy that was left to us by centuries of struggle. By centuries of people that most of whose names are completely forgotten, the ones who created the freedom and the rights we now have, and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them."

- Noam Chomsky

19 Mar 2019 at 6:32 | Open on mastodon.social
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ruokimf

@dansup That's true, so we should thank the ones who gained the freedom for us and protect our rights.

8 Feb 2022 at 11:59 | Open on social.linux.pizza
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william.maggos
Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

@wjmaggos @dansup just don't say much about that org in a crowded theater!

21 March at 21:33 | Open on mastodon.social
M. Grégoire

@wjmaggos
Once the Left struggled for liberty, equality and fraternity, but after having abolished many oppressive laws, it was evident that liberty tends to produce inequality and disharmony. The Left fractured into a minority who prized liberty most — libertarians — and the majority who preferred the other two principles.

With the Left generally embracing government power, conservatives (in the Anglo tradition) became the defenders of freedoms, ancient and newly-won.

@dansup @musicman

@wjmaggos
Once the Left struggled for liberty, equality and fraternity, but after having abolished many oppressive laws, it was evident that liberty tends to produce inequality and disharmony. The Left fractured into a minority who prized liberty most — libertarians — and the majority who preferred the other two principles.

22 March at 3:28 | Open on cosocial.ca
Scott M. Stolz
@william.maggos
the term freedom has been stolen by conservatives and libertarians.

Even if that is true, that does not mean we should dismiss the concept of freedom. The people on the left need just as much freedom as people on the right. Anyone advocating otherwise doesn't understand the meaning of the word.
22 March at 6:20 | Open on authorship.studio
MadeInDex

@dansup
Definitely, our #freedom is getting less and less by the day!

23 May at 19:55 | Open on mastodon.social
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