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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 2025-07-03T18:20:01</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Interesting <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reel </del>from Libertarianism.org  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== </ins>Interesting <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reel </ins>from Libertarianism.org <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to Milton Friedman, the United States <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost went </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way of </del>many other <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">countries at the end of a revolution—toward a </del>military<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-controlled government</del>. Fortunately, George Washington <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chose otherwise</del>. In this lecture <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">from </del>a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference, Friedman <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">discusses </del>whether the United States <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is still </del>a free society <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">compared </del>to other parts of the world and how often <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">individuals </del>underestimate the fragility of freedom. Watch the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entire </del>video at the link below.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to Milton Friedman, the United States <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nearly followed </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same trajectory as </ins>many other <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">post-revolutionary nations—sliding into </ins>military <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rule</ins>. Fortunately, George Washington <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">made a different choice</ins>. In this lecture<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, delivered at </ins>a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference, Friedman <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reflects on </ins>whether the United States <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains </ins>a free society<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, especially in contrast </ins>to other parts of the world<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and how often <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">people </ins>underestimate the fragility of freedom. Watch the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">full </ins>video at the link below.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/blockquote&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;/blockquote&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;embedvideo service=&quot;facebook&quot; dimensions=&quot;400x600&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/659481510/videos/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">749514243751501</del>/&lt;/embedvideo&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;embedvideo service=&quot;facebook&quot; dimensions=&quot;400x600&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/659481510/videos/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1789363915272080</ins>/&lt;/embedvideo&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Nik's Thoughts on It ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I've always thought it was kind of an anomaly—how the American Revolution, unlike so many others, didn't end in tyranny or a military dictatorship. That rare outcome has always resonated with me, and hearing Milton Friedman articulate it here really struck a chord.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==See also==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I&#039;m not sure who the speaker in the video is—whether it&#039;s Friedman himself or someone else introducing his ideas—but the message still comes through clearly. The sound quality isn&#039;t great, but it’s worth listening to. This short clip captures something that feels foundational about American political history—and fragile, too.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== See also ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* https://www.facebook.com/reel/1789363915272080</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* https://www.facebook.com/reel/1789363915272080</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;Interesting reel from Libertarianism.org &lt;blockquote&gt; According to Milton Friedman, the United States almost went the way of many other countries at the end of a revolution—toward a military-controlled government. Fortunately, George Washington chose otherwise. In this lecture from a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference, Friedman discusses whether the United States is still a free society compared to other parts of the world and how often individuals underest...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Interesting reel from Libertarianism.org <br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> According to Milton Friedman, the United States almost went the way of many other countries at the end of a revolution—toward a military-controlled government. Fortunately, George Washington chose otherwise. In this lecture from a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference, Friedman discusses whether the United States is still a free society compared to other parts of the world and how often individuals underestimate the fragility of freedom. Watch the entire video at the link below.<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;embedvideo service=&quot;facebook&quot; dimensions=&quot;400x600&quot;&gt;https://www.facebook.com/659481510/videos/749514243751501/&lt;/embedvideo&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * https://www.facebook.com/reel/1789363915272080<br /> <br /> [[Category:2025 Articles]]<br /> [[Category:Facebook Reels]]<br /> [[Category:Politics]]<br /> [[Category:History]]</div>

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