Gordon Wood on Citizenship
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I disagree that republican freedom ultimately means we must give our selfish interests for the common good. It's about half true I would argue. There are instances in which citizens must bow to the common good, but the whole point of our style of government is to give as much autonomy and freedom to the individual. Unlike a democracy which is mob rule, 99.9% of the people cannot violate the natural rights of one citizen. So, it goes both ways; more to the individual I would argue.
jpschubbs 2 years ago
Yet republican freedom ultimately means, as Gordon Wood says, that citizens "must give up their selfish interests for the sake of the common good."
chimphater 2 years ago
Here in America being a citizen doesn't mean that you are a subject to the State nor that your purpose is to serve the interests of the State.
This is still a Republic and we still have Freedom.
robertseberger 2 years ago