I’ve Got A Freedom Attitude

Just the other day, I posted a link to a Lee Harris essay titled The Spirit of Independence: The Social Psychology of Freedom.  I titled that post “So Who Owns You?” - An Attitude.

This morning, stopping by Claire Wolfe’s, I read Claire’s most recent post titled Thinking free, in which Claire references the movie The Shawshank Redemption, and expands on the subject of a freedom attitude.  Both Harris’ piece, and Claire’s essay, are attitude provoking reads.  You are free to consider reading them.

From Claire’s post.

I’ve always talked about how freedom begins with an attitude — with thinking free. Some people just aren’t interested in hearing that because it means they have to shift the blame from other people (their parents, the cops, bureaucrats, Congress) and take charge of their own lives. Others dismiss it as nonsense on pragmatic grounds — because it’s ridiculous to say anyone can be free while stuck in a gulag or living in a police state. Others just think that action is everything and that thinking free is merely a form of idleness.

Even people who understand that you can’t live free unless you think free have a lot of trouble maintaining that belief, day to day…

Yet you know and I know that virtually the only thing that stands between us and the complete triumph of tyranny is our attitude — followed by our actions. We must think free — then act free — according to our own lights, no matter what the rest of the world does. That is literally the only hope for overcoming tyranny.

I’ve got a freedom attitude.

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  1. From Claire’s post:
    ....isn’t it irresponsible to imagine yourself free in a world where so many others suffer oppression? Aren’t you just fooling yourself if you call yourself free? Aren’t you just setting yourself up for a huge fall?....
    ++++++++++++++++++++

    There’s an old saying, “To be an architect one must first act like an architect.”, and that’s very true. From day one in architecture school you are taught the mannerisms of architects to the point it almost seems more important than the actual actions and factual knowledge of the field. In practice, how one acts parlays a confidence in the client(s) and serves as a means of inertia for following through, all the way through. In other words, no matter how elusive the goal nor the difficulty of the obstacles, the FACT in your mind will carry you through.

    Consider it the *Religion of Self*. Faith, based on what you believe about yourself. After all, when all is said and done that’s all you really have and everything else is made up bullshit.

    I can’t imagine treading this planet without extreme faith in myself and with that I (pretend) to live in a free world. That is, I live free while simultaneously avoiding the thugs as best I can.

    The huge fall Claire mentions has already happened, everywhere, but I don’t have to join it. I am aware of it, but I continue on with the full time job of running my life as I see fit in spite of the cacophony of evil flotsam all around.

    This is the only life you’ll ever own and you better do it right.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  07/09  at  05:13 AM

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