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On Liberty, Constraint, and Coercion.

Roberto Rodes
January 12, 2022 Leave a Comment
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Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis on Unsplash

If we must coerce our sisters and brothers, it should be done with the utmost respect and reservation. Anything less is an insult to liberty.

These days, society is extremely polarized. From the naive libertarian views to the coercive, authoritarian stances, most people seem to be leaning towards the extremes.

What both sides have in common: they all usually speak in the name of freedom. Obviously, something is quite not right here.

As usually happens, in reality, things tend to be fuzzier than what many try to make them seem.

In this article, Joe Norman brings up a much-needed perspective that I deeply believe we should be trying to recover as a society. We are still on time.

Want to take a look? You can check it out here.

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Filed Under: Gems I Found, The Blog Tagged With: Authoritarianism, Coercion, Complex Systems, Complexity Science, Ethics, Freedom, Libertarianism

About Roberto Rodes

Product guy, software designer & engineer. Founder of Freegrowth. I love to solve problems and to improve things through technology.
Ex-CTO at Facephi, founder of Deebbler and Wakeando, I've been over ten years designing, building, and marketing native and web software products.

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