Posted on May 7, 2020
COVID-19: What Would the Founders Have Done? | Lawrence W. Reed
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We don't know for certain but they clearly were not men who ran away in fear. We have their words of warning and wisdom to go by and they are just as appropriate now as ever.
We don't know for certain but they clearly were not men who ran away in fear. We have their words of warning and wisdom to go by and they are just as appropriate now as ever.
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My personal opinion is simply this... The "Founders" thought differently because they belonged to a society and culture which was adept at confronting their own mortality... and we are woefully inept at the same.
I don't know the "truth" about this virus any more than anyone else. I learned long ago that even the "experts" make mistakes (usually in the interest of avoiding liability), and the "authorities" are not above lying to further what they believe to be the "greater good". What I perceive is that the vast majority of us seem perfectly willing to trade ANYTHING for delaying our own demise. There are fates worse than death. They are things worth dying for. In my estimation, it's as foolish to live within the myth of perfect safety as is to live recklessly within the myth of perfect freedom. The reality, and one our Founders seem to have understood... is that the only thing that is truly "immortal" is principle.
I don't know the "truth" about this virus any more than anyone else. I learned long ago that even the "experts" make mistakes (usually in the interest of avoiding liability), and the "authorities" are not above lying to further what they believe to be the "greater good". What I perceive is that the vast majority of us seem perfectly willing to trade ANYTHING for delaying our own demise. There are fates worse than death. They are things worth dying for. In my estimation, it's as foolish to live within the myth of perfect safety as is to live recklessly within the myth of perfect freedom. The reality, and one our Founders seem to have understood... is that the only thing that is truly "immortal" is principle.
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PFC Nicholas Efstathiou
The Founders are an interesting group to study, what they achieved was phenomenal.
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