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What does it mean?
Friedman redefines freedom as not depending on the state for benefits or duties.
In plain terms
A free person neither expects nor gives to the country.
What can you take from it?
True freedom means independence from state reciprocity.

Where it applies

  • political theory
  • rights debates
  • civic duty

Putting it to work

  • reflect on civic duty
  • analyze government role

Questions to consider

  • What does freedom mean to you?
  • Should citizens owe the state anything?

Another view

It dismisses the benefits of collective civic action.

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