One of the problems in any attempt to achieve freedom is that we are -- in our modern, high tech society -- extremely dependent on others. Some people, like Yaron Brook and other Objectivists, would call this "interdependence" rather than dependence, but as far as I can see, it is a word with the same denotative meaning, but a slightly more positive connotation. The result of this dependence on others is that while we may be free to choose with whom we associate up to a point, we are not free to choose not to associate at all, as our livelihood depends on association with others.
But what if we could individually get our energy from the sun? Or from wind? What if we could maintain a high technology while being independent of manufacturers or software developers. What if we each had a search engine we created ourselves, and nobody could monitor our activities? What if we were free to trade calories with others, but only if we wished to, and not because of economic compulsion? What if we could associate with people we liked, but were free to ignore anyone we were not interested in?
One side effect of such a situation would be that we could not be taxed. Naturally, we would also need to be able to defend ourselves from any who sought to take advantage of our independent resources. Is this just a pipe dream? Watch the livestream and leave a comment.
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