"Freedom" generally is treated as "Freedom to do the things you ought to be free to do", sometimes not very explicitly.
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(that's why arguments about freedom tend to be a bit incoherent)
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That people should feel that the actual restrictions on their freedom are just and necessary is certainly desirable.
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That's why I liked the idea of the divine right of kings. That would be a good Matrix, don't you agree? Probably not going to fly these days
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Sure, that ship has sailed. It's also questionable how much the average citizen really held 'divine right of kings' as an article of faith.
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I doubt it's all that necessary to provide sacral justification for authority, so long as people feel the system works in their interests.
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One who resides in a sane, lawful society that otherwise leaves them alone to live their life, won't care much about said justifications.
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The problem is in Western countries where democracy is part of the national mythology
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Yes, it's been a potent superstition. The Western sociopolitical purview is a false dilemma between democracy vs. tyranny.
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