alright, fair enough. so rewrite the entire thing clearly defining and explaining what you are saying, because currently it’s just a mishmash of ambiguously defined, highly loaded words making contradictory statements and no sense.
Why can’t a man build something “large” on his own? What do you mean by “large”?
Why is the individual “powerless”, what “power” are you talking about here?
What is “individual freedom” and what does it have to do with making something “grand”?
What does “grand” mean?
Why does not working on something “grand” make someone weak?
What are “personal freedoms” and why must they be suppressed to cooperate with another human being?
Who is determining whether an achievement has been made by a person, and why can’t someone achieve anything on his own?
Why does a non-cooperation mean any attempt to achieve anything is destroyed because of this?
Why must a person necessarily “submit to” a larger group [and what if a person finds it in his interests to positively cooperate with a group for mutual benefit? what if he starts the group himself? what if he has vast influence over the group? is this the same thing as submission?]
What is “freedom”?
What is “slavery”?
How are they the same thing?
Again, simply another post saying you do not understand what was written. No problem find someone to explain it to you then come back or forget about it but what I posted stands on it’s own regardless of the readers ability to understand it.
So, in your view, anyone who takes a position contrary to yours simply misunderstands your argument—and by implication, of course, once they DO understand, they will assent to its correctness.
**Freedom is Slavery:**How can one man build a bridge, a skyscraper, or anything large on their own? The simple answer is that one alone cannot build these things without help. Thus the individual is powerless, and individual freedom weakens the individual by making it impossible to do anything grand. Therefore, to do anything grand, a person must join up with others and suppress their personal freedoms. Otherwise, they achieve nothing, and destroy any attempt to achieve anything by doing so. The only true freedom a person has is the freedom to submit to a larger group and to influence that group by helping it. Therefore, freedom is slavery.
The Anti-Terrorism Act ensures US citizens’ freedom by ensuring the FBI’s ability to examine their activities.
Security cameras have been placed around the Columbia campus and around the island of Manhattan.
On surveillance cameras: “The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any perception by the community that this is Big Brother who’s watching.” — Ron Huberman, Executive Director, Chicago Office of Emergency Management.
A student in Washington state was disciplined and questioned by the Secret Service for drawing ungood pictures of President Bush.
Transportation Safety Administration spots anti-Americanism in passengers’ baggage.
Carrying a note stating that you do not have a bomb in your bag is equivalent to saying that you do have a bomb.
Wearing a t-shirt which says “Protect Our Civil Liberties” is, of course, obscene, and will get you kicked out of Republican campaign rallies.
Again, simply another post saying you do not understand what was written. No problem find someone to explain it to you then come back or forget about it but what I posted stands on it’s own regardless of the readers ability to understand it.
So I don’t understand how you define terms. Define them for me. I choose you to explain it to me since you are the one who brought it up and I can most closely glean what you are attempting to say if you apply your own definitions and line of reasoning to it.
I want your analysis of the quote. Not someone else’s. Yours.
The Anti-Terrorism Act ensures US citizens’ freedom by ensuring the FBI’s ability to examine their activities.
Security cameras have been placed around the Columbia campus and around the island of Manhattan.
On surveillance cameras: “The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any perception by the community that this is Big Brother who’s watching.” — Ron Huberman, Executive Director, Chicago Office of Emergency Management.
A student in Washington state was disciplined and questioned by the Secret Service for drawing ungood pictures of President Bush.
Transportation Safety Administration spots anti-Americanism in passengers’ baggage.
Carrying a note stating that you do not have a bomb in your bag is equivalent to saying that you do have a bomb.
Wearing a t-shirt which says “Protect Our Civil Liberties” is, of course, obscene, and will get you kicked out of Republican campaign rallies.
Individual economic action vis-a’-vis “the group” (i.e. vis-a’-vis the market) is a far cry from individual action as citizen vis-a’-vis “the group” (i.e. vis-a’-vis so-called representative government). You are conflating these types of action, and demanding that they both are examples of individual slavery. I beg to differ regarding the former, and wholeheartedly agree regarding the latter.
Everyone, please stop responding. This kid clearly has no idea what he’s talking about and he’s just trolling around on the site for no reason, trying to pretend he’s another poster (inquisitor) for reasons I’m not really sure of. It sucks that you live your life on the internet, and it sucks that you aren’t smart enough to back up your terrible opinions. For you, there is no hope.