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Necessity Has Triumphed over Desire

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Liberalism is the political doctrine that built and dominates our modern world; yet the liberalism of desire that fostered the construction of this world has been transformed into a liberalism of necessity—a liberalism that constructs politics as a dichotomy between oppressors and victims. This kind of politics requires the power of the State to save individuals from victimhood; however, only the individual acting freely can mitigate their suffering.

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Ojel L. Rodríguez Burgos
August 29, 2022
Necessity Has Triumphed over Desire

Freedom and the Rule of Law

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The word freedom is used constantly, but little understood; to understand it, it is important to see the State as a civil association of individuals, where different ways of living and purposes coexist. This coexistence depends on a rule of law, which allows individuals to pursue their conception of the good life consistent with the rules of the association. The freedom requires a rule of law, which allows free action and cooperation of individuals in the market and thus benefits the economy.

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Ojel L. Rodríguez Burgos
August 29, 2022
Freedom and the Rule of Law
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