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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
They had forgotten that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
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Maybe that was a price they thought worth paying. Given the choice between a contented life and a free life, many people might choose the former.
In the end, we're shown one generation suffering for their complacency, but many generations would have lived contented lives beforehand.
It is not necessary for everyone that they must be free in order to be happy.
In many ways we shackle ourselves throughout our lives.