In H.L. Mencken’s writing, he explains how “the average man does not want to be free, but wants to be safe.” BUt freedom is not only more important, but necessary for safety of the individual and the society. THroughout history there are many example of societies and even nations that attempted the idea of “public safety” over individual freedom. In ideology, it sounds as if it would work, but if you take the deffinition of that idea, it is communism, which has shown to fail. The biggest example of this is the SOviet Union. It failed due to the inequality of the intended equality. It is human nature to be competitive, so when the people's freedom is taken for uniformity, the idea will always fail and cause rebellion.
Taking in the idea of rebellion, there is an obvious start to the creation of a group/societies revolt; inequality or the removal of individuals freedom. There are …show more content…
So the idea of governments taking people freedom, or worse the government is corrupt, creates more problems. These controlling governments turns citizens unhappy, and causes failures in the society. So with Mencken’s idea of strong safety over strong freedom, he does not know the factors of history.
In some cases masses amount of freedom can lead to bad happenings. For Mencken’s side, corporations in the 1800s were very corrupt and unfair; and working conditions, low wages, long hours. Which directly blames freedom of the people, but how would workers unions be created without individual freedoms? So yes, freedom creates problems, but it also saves and keeps human nature in check.
SO in conclusions M.L. Mencken’s idea of “safety is more important than freedom”, is plain wrong. Without freedom there would be no safety of a society. And with groups that put safety over freedom, they always are corrupt, failing or even they cause revolts and become free. SO in actual, freedom is more important than
Taking in the idea of rebellion, there is an obvious start to the creation of a group/societies revolt; inequality or the removal of individuals freedom. There are …show more content…
So the idea of governments taking people freedom, or worse the government is corrupt, creates more problems. These controlling governments turns citizens unhappy, and causes failures in the society. So with Mencken’s idea of strong safety over strong freedom, he does not know the factors of history.
In some cases masses amount of freedom can lead to bad happenings. For Mencken’s side, corporations in the 1800s were very corrupt and unfair; and working conditions, low wages, long hours. Which directly blames freedom of the people, but how would workers unions be created without individual freedoms? So yes, freedom creates problems, but it also saves and keeps human nature in check.
SO in conclusions M.L. Mencken’s idea of “safety is more important than freedom”, is plain wrong. Without freedom there would be no safety of a society. And with groups that put safety over freedom, they always are corrupt, failing or even they cause revolts and become free. SO in actual, freedom is more important than