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We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

A song about the Milgram experiments, for #FreedomMusicFriday

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Christopher Cook
Feb 09, 2024
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It’s Friday—time to listen to some freedom music! Today’s choice: “The Buzzer,” by Dar Williams.

If I were to ask the question, “What is the greatest impediment to human freedom,” you could answer in a variety of ways. At one level of analysis, the answer is easy:

The greatest impediment to human freedom is humans.

We are our own worst enemy.

A few among us…

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