The Folly of Partial Freedom

All for freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
--Tears for Fears

Judge N suggests that while the Occupy Wall Street types seem to espouse some types of freedom such as freedom of speech, they appear ignore others, such as freedom of contract.

This raises broader questions. Can a person live in a state of partial freedom? Where do those freedoms deemed valid come from? Who grants them? Who takes them away?

There are many who espouse so called 'social freedoms' but not 'economic freedoms.' I have yet to hear a reasonable defense of why some freedoms but not others. And why one should reasonable expect that a set of partial freedoms to endure--as opposed to them being constantly eroded by government force.

Any state of partial freedom seems a ruse.