We lost freedom, because we lost responsibility. We want the next overlord to fix our problems. The next platform to fix all the issues that the current platform has. The next news cycle to wash our neurons clean of the last cycle; the next dopamine hit.

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Most people can't even entertain the possibility of a world without rulers. They aren't ready for the responsibility that world entails.
The truth is some people don't want a world without rulers. Many people are sheep and don't want the responsibility true freedom requires. But as I realized from reading Karl Ludwig von Haller (@note1x8lxmn70uda9qd847ajetclz5esswsg0asgfkxg66se8ymnwp22shk5a0y) there are some leaders who just arise naturally and people follow them voluntarily, and I think that's fine, so long as it's voluntary, and not imposed or maintained through force or fraud. #anarchy #voluntarism
Yes. Did we ever lose freedom though? Or do we realize only now that we never truly were free inside? Despite holding on to proclamations of fundamental rights etc. Is it an awakening more than a going back to something that never actually was? Either way, responsibility, self-sovereignty is the way forward 🤝
We can change our own tires, take care of our own bodies, educate our own children, farm our own food... but using a VPN or a password manager is "too hard"... depressing.
The nature of our evolved hierarchical social groups. Most people are more comfortable following than leading. To change that would be to change the nature of what it means to be human.