Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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Making Freedom a Living Word
We cannot achieve liberty or find our humanity by compelling others to live as we choose.
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The Road to Serfdom, Session 8: The Courage to Make a New Start
As collectivist ideals devolve into tyranny, there is a loss of moral values, honesty, and responsibility.
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Sing the Melody of Freedom
Freedom requires responsibility, and to preserve freedom, we must sing its song.
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The Road to Serfdom, Session 7: Freedom Depends on Humility
Truth "becomes something to be laid down by authority, something which has to be believed in the interest of the unity of the organized effort."
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Being a Good Example: How Mindset Shifts U Will Help You Through 2025
We "feel pressured to live by, a troublesome set of ideas about how to use our limited time, all of which are pretty much guaranteed to make things…
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Will We Walk Back From the End of Truth?
Eighty years ago, Hayek saw clearly that as a society moves closer to serfdom, the pursuit of truth comes to a halt.
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Session 6, Part 2: The Illusion of Security
"It’s a mistake to believe we can simply outsource human charity to the government without consequence.”
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The Road to Serfdom, Session 6, Part 1: The Lowest Common Denominator
"We have to descend to the regions of lower moral and intellectual standards where the more primitive and “common” instincts and tastes prevail."
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On Voting, Lesson 5: The One Question to Ask
What is the economic problem that society faces?
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October 2024

On Voting, Lesson 4: Life isn't Zero-Sum
Seek a candidate who understands that the breathtaking progress of the past few centuries has occurred because of liberty, not the heavy hand of…
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On Voting, Lesson 3: Our Rights Are Only as Strong As Our Respect for the Rights of Others
Those who think they are protecting America by violating the rights of others will soon find out their destructive, unprincipled beliefs have…
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On Voting, Lesson 2: Politicians Can't Solve Problems
No one controls the myriad of decentralized decisions and actions that, along the way, solve problems.
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