But of course freedom isn't free. Freedom isn't natural. It's a man-made created order that is IMPOSED upon nature. What is natural is that might makes right, and the weak obey the mighty. That's the law of the jungle, that is nature.Ah yes, take their freedom away to force them to fight, for.. their freedom.
Freedom isn't free! It comes at a price! Which is... your.. freedom.
Gotcha.
Now man has carved something different out of nature - society. Human society is built by laws that we obey in order to live together, and give each other the freedoms we enjoy today. There is no "property" in the state of nature. Someone comes with a bat to your house and takes it. That's how things are in nature. The strong lion kills the weak lion, takes his female, and murders all his children. But we have laws, which we guarantee to each other, which makes property rights, freedom and human rights possible.
As much as you want to be an island, you cannot be independent from the web you find yourself in. If the web gets destroyed, there is no freedom left, no property left, nothing social left for you.
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