What Would It Take?

"Am I angry about taxation without representation? Well, yes I am. Should the American colonies govern themselves independently? I believe that they can, and they should. But if you are asking me, am I willing to go to war with England? Well, then the answer is most definitely no!" 
--Benjamin Martin (The Patriot)

An appropriate question to reflect on this weekend: What would it take for you to fight for your liberty?

Each person's answer will depend on their preference for liberty. Those with high liberty preference are more sensitive to violations of their liberty, making them more prone to push back over what to others seem like inconsequential infringements on liberty.

Those with low liberty preference are less willing to push back. If their valuation of liberty is low enough, no infringement on liberty will seem worth fighting for.

Some 240 years ago, enough people people felt their liberties infringed to the point where they were willing to muster an organized revolt that threw off the most powerful regime in the world.

To the tyrants of the time, that call to arms surely seemed as unlikely then as it does now.