by Jacob G. Hornberger
December 20, 2023 - The Postal Service is selling a new stamp with the word “FREEDOM” prominently displayed on it. As I purchased a roll of the stamps, it reminded me of my favorite quotation: “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free” by
Johann Goethe.
That quotation presents one of the big challenges we face in achieving a genuinely free society. When people are convinced that they are free, they have no incentive to strive for freedom. Why would they? They “know” that they already are free.












