Human nature, eat or be eaten. This statement proves to be true because humans are alive today as a product of instinct. The weak die and the strong survive. The biology of humans leaks into society, influencing their choices every day. Events have occurred, laws have been passed, and wars have even been fought in order to secure safety for men, women, and their nations. However, it does not take away the freedoms of humans. Henry Louis Mencken, American essayist and social critic, believes that the average would sacrifice freedom for safety, which is false. Men and women need to take risks because no risk amounts to no reward. If people never took risks to ensure their freedom, humans would have been an extinct species. Although any
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Many rebellions have been fought in order to redeem freedom for those who are fighting because their lives have been reduced to nothing such as communist China and the USSR. Carl Marx officially created the communist manifesto in order to “offer safety” for all Russians (Wagner). The communist government was intentionally created to make all men equal and safe, but to do that, sacrifices and examples were made of those who were unable to. Those who were incapable were thrown to the side to die. That is against the definition itself. That is why the Bolshevik Uprising was sparked to create freedom for man. It should be a freedom to work for money if necessary. It should be a freedom to speak and critic a man’s country’s government in order to improve one’s life and spread liberty. Man has been free from birth. There are laws to restrict hunting animals, but the freedom to hunt animals is human to survive. Freedom is what keeps man alive. America fought for independence against Britain because the colonist’s lives were being restricted. They had no freedom. They were given an “ultimatum” by the British monarchy (Powell). Colonist had to work to survive and had to do as the British commanded and that is not a life. Freedom includes safety and that is what man fights for. The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the Tai Ping Rebellion, the Mexican Rebellion and many more wars and conflicts were launched in order to acquire
Many rebellions have been fought in order to redeem freedom for those who are fighting because their lives have been reduced to nothing such as communist China and the USSR. Carl Marx officially created the communist manifesto in order to “offer safety” for all Russians (Wagner). The communist government was intentionally created to make all men equal and safe, but to do that, sacrifices and examples were made of those who were unable to. Those who were incapable were thrown to the side to die. That is against the definition itself. That is why the Bolshevik Uprising was sparked to create freedom for man. It should be a freedom to work for money if necessary. It should be a freedom to speak and critic a man’s country’s government in order to improve one’s life and spread liberty. Man has been free from birth. There are laws to restrict hunting animals, but the freedom to hunt animals is human to survive. Freedom is what keeps man alive. America fought for independence against Britain because the colonist’s lives were being restricted. They had no freedom. They were given an “ultimatum” by the British monarchy (Powell). Colonist had to work to survive and had to do as the British commanded and that is not a life. Freedom includes safety and that is what man fights for. The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the Tai Ping Rebellion, the Mexican Rebellion and many more wars and conflicts were launched in order to acquire