There are those that want freedom from individual responsibility, and then there are those that want individual liberty. "Freedom" and "liberty" no longer mean what they used to. A desire for dependence has been made fashionably desirable.

A.E. Samaan
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Individuals who are capable of doing things for themselves, or who believe that they can do things for themselves, are often disdained. People like this are thought to be the reason that things don’t get done. Those who want individual liberty, however, see no choice but to do things for themselves. If they don’t do it, then others will do it because they won’t be able to do it themselves. Going back to the quote in question, there is a clear difference between those who want freedom from individual responsibility and those who want individual liberty.

The people who are drawn to dependence are drawn to being passive and not being willing to work for what they have. They prefer being dependent on government intervention to help them achieve their goals rather than taking matters into their own hands.

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