#12 – "I Prefer Security to Freedom" : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education

#12 – "I Prefer Security to Freedom" : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education

Summary

• True security is an outgrowth of freedom, not an alternative to it.
• Being dependent, instead of being independent, is a move away from true security.
• Read’s observation more than half a century ago that increasing reliance on a welfare state for security would produce financial problems seems positively prescient today. Consider our $17.5 trillion national debt as evidence.
• The real choice is not between freedom and security but between security and insecurity.
• For further information, see these articles:

“Victims of Social Leveling” by Leonard E. Read: http://www.fee.org/files/docLib/SocialLeveling.pdf

“Big Government—Big Risk” by David R. Henderson: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/big-government-big-risk

“Freedom vs. Security: The False Alternative” by Noah Stahl: http://theundercurrent.org/freedom-versus-security-the-false-alternative/

“Liberty or Security?” by Bas Van Der Vossen:http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2013/06/liberty-or-security/