“Those who give up freedom for safety deserve neither.”
This was said by one of America’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, which encompasses the thought that a spirit of compromise by the individual will guarantee the erosion of freedom at the state level. “Safety” is a typical Trojan horse used to accomplish that erosion by those with very different ideals. “Give us some of your freedom and we will protect you from …[whatever]”
“This is not about freedom, this is for your safety.” Joe Biden.
“Screw your freedom.” Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold not in this case uttering one of those iconic, thought-provoking lines from his films, but here speaking more as a political figure.
Imagine someone punching the air in ecstatic agreement upon hearing this from the former governor of California, “Yeah! Screw my freedom! That’s what I want to hear!”
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