by Tom Renz, Esq., America Outloud:

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

I believe that the root cause of our willingness to continually give away our freedoms stems from FEAR. Every day we see examples of people willingly trading their freedom out of fear. Fear of COVID, fear of terrorism, fear of COVID, fear of speaking up, and most ridiculous, fear of social disapproval.