The most dimwitted attempt at argument we've heard in this mortal world is the supposed retort to any advocate of freedom: 'Do you mean to be free to starve?' We mean, do you think you can't starve with your hands tied?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Critics of freedom often ask if freedom means starvation, ignoring that control also causes harm.
- In plain terms
- People question freedom by asking if you can starve, but control causes starvation too.
- What can you take from it?
- Control can also lead to suffering.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is freedom safer than control?
Another view
Freedom does not guarantee survival but control does not either.
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