Friday, December 31, 2010

Packaging Liberty

The idea and principles of liberty never change.  The times always do.  How we express and defend the message of liberty should change as needed. 

The first lines of F.A. Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty:
"If old truths are to retain their hold on men's minds, they much be restated in the language and concepts of successive generations...The underlying ideas many be as valid as ever, but the words, even when they refer to problems that are still with us, no longer convey the same conviction."
There are everyday opportunities to engage people through personal relationships and social media outlets, connecting with people on a real life basis.  Like any substantial social movement, for change to be substantive and lasting it has to start from the grassroots, in the minds of We the People.  How we engage those around us (physically and on the social media web) on the terms of real life situations is important.

An honest, enthusiastic, and optimistic explanation of freedom on an individual basis is the best way to "market" freedom.  In the end, you are the packaging liberty needs. In the New Year let's do our homework and stay enthusiastically engaged.

Happy New Year