How to Be Free: An Owner's Manual | Library Circus #5

We're most susceptible to a weakness when we convince ourselves we're least susceptible to that weakness.

As arguments in favor of increasing censorship grow and western countries that have long been the ideals of freedom invoke unprecedented control upon their populations, it's worth asking whether we've underestimated the pull of authoritarianism.

This Library Circus is the second part of our discussion breaking down the ideas in Erich Fromm's book, Escape from Freedom.

In this episode:

⋗ The difference between positive freedom & negative freedom
⋗ How only seeing society's failures is as inefficient as blind optimism
⋗ Why all larger change is rooted within the individual
⋗ The destructive outcome of cultural vs academic post modernism
⋗ How cynicism has permeated the western world
⋗ Why individualism is the best defense against authoritarianism

Book discussed:

⋗ Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm (https://amzn.to/3jto66r)

Other related episodes mentioned:

⋗ Would Rambo Defund the Police? (Patron-only: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety)
⋗ Meet Your Inner Authoritarian | Library Circus #4 (Patron-only)

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