Freedom and Fortitude
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
4.6 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The progressive movement wants you to believe that freedom means the right to have all of your needs fulfilled by the services of others. Their rationale goes like this: with your basic needs met, you are free to pursue your dreams. It's become a pervasive talking point among the left in our cultural and political debates.
On this special solo episode, Dan argues why this redefinition of freedom is wrong and the consequences for the individual and the civilization that adopts it. If America is to remain the "shining city on the hill" - then its citizens must again embrace the foundation of true freedom: fortitude.
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| 0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
| 0:02.0 | That all men are free. |
| 0:04.0 | As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
| 0:07.0 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
| 0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
| 0:11.0 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
| 0:18.0 | We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw. |
| 0:25.0 | Let me ask you all a question. |
| 0:27.0 | What comes first? Is it fragility or is it tyranny? |
| 0:31.0 | Is it weakness or is it dependence? |
| 0:34.0 | Is being weak cause you to seek dependence or does living in a system of dependence make you weaker? |
| 0:41.0 | Can tyranny only thrive when a people deem themselves so fragile and helpless that they crave this paternalistic tyrant who will do everything for them? |
| 0:50.0 | Or alternatively does the rise to tyranny force fragility on the otherwise strong? |
| 0:58.0 | I think these are interesting questions. |
| 1:00.0 | It's a chicken or the egg question. |
| 1:02.0 | And I don't think the answer is very black and white. |
| 1:05.0 | I think causation in complex social systems is, well, complex. |
| 1:13.0 | But I think these questions are worth exploring. |
| 1:15.0 | And worth exploring this relationship between being strong, living with fortitude, and being able to survive in a society that espouses freedom as a higher virtue and a free society at all. |
| 1:30.0 | Because I think freedom is worth pursuing. |
| 1:34.0 | I think there's a good number of reasons for that. |
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