- 24 Apr 2014 19:40
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Hello fellow users,
I jotted this down a little while ago on an inspiration, and was wondering if anyone has any opinions about it. Do you agree? Disagree? Think I am the stupidest person on the planet? Short of that, I wont take offense.
"A tyrant and a man who wants liberty are exactly the same. For what is liberty but the state of answering to no one? And what is tyranny but the state of having no one above you to listen to? A tyrant is simply a man whose desire for freedom far exceeds his compatriots.
The implications of this to democracy are astounding. All that a democracy actually consists of are potential tyrants, subdued by a partial sense of the freedom they are driven towards. A democracy becomes a state where each person is appeased by his/her feeling of power and freedom.
This also explains why revolutions against a dictator often end with another dictator (French, Russian…). The reason that these people are rebelling is because of how highly they value their freedom and liberty. For this exact reason, they are the most likely to pose as tyrants after the revolution is completed, as they are the ones who don’t want anyone telling them what to do.
To conclude: Absolute freedom and Absolute control are one in the same, and the drive towards absolute freedom is what leads tyrants (dictators) to gain absolute control."
Thank you for reading, I hope you have insight into this point.
I jotted this down a little while ago on an inspiration, and was wondering if anyone has any opinions about it. Do you agree? Disagree? Think I am the stupidest person on the planet? Short of that, I wont take offense.
"A tyrant and a man who wants liberty are exactly the same. For what is liberty but the state of answering to no one? And what is tyranny but the state of having no one above you to listen to? A tyrant is simply a man whose desire for freedom far exceeds his compatriots.
The implications of this to democracy are astounding. All that a democracy actually consists of are potential tyrants, subdued by a partial sense of the freedom they are driven towards. A democracy becomes a state where each person is appeased by his/her feeling of power and freedom.
This also explains why revolutions against a dictator often end with another dictator (French, Russian…). The reason that these people are rebelling is because of how highly they value their freedom and liberty. For this exact reason, they are the most likely to pose as tyrants after the revolution is completed, as they are the ones who don’t want anyone telling them what to do.
To conclude: Absolute freedom and Absolute control are one in the same, and the drive towards absolute freedom is what leads tyrants (dictators) to gain absolute control."
Thank you for reading, I hope you have insight into this point.
Communism works only when everyone believes Communism works. Capitalism works even when many don't believe Capitalism works.