Liberty: Stifled by the Stockholm Syndrome

Tags: Big Government, Bureaucracy and Regulation, Democracy, The Police State

11/22/2023 George Ford Smith

Governments regularly suppress freedom—yet few complain. One wonders if Stockholm syndrome is at work.

Original Article: Liberty: Stifled by the Stockholm Syndrome

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