From FEE.org:
What can be done to sustain the passion for liberty throughout a lifetime? Here are my [Jeffrey A. Tucker] suggestions for seven habits to foster a lifelong attachment to liberty and to live a life that makes the best possible contribution to human well-being.
- Oppose oppression but love liberty even more.
- You realize that there is such a thing as a state that is distinct from society at large, a fact that massive swaths of the social sciences (not to mention mainstream media) try to cover up.
- There is the new awareness that the state is distinct from every other institution in society because it uses aggressive force to achieve its aims.
- The state actually does not achieve the aims it promises. Rather, it violates rights, undermines economic achievement, fosters dependency, and serves a ruling class rather than the public at large.
- Read broadly and be confident in your ideas.
- Look beyond politics.
- See everyone as an ideological friend.
- Don’t have all the answers.
- Hack your life. Once you realize that we are living under a central plan for your life and property, you can start to get creative about finding alternatives. You can use technologies to find a new approach to education. You can find better paths toward personal success. You can better manage your finances without the personal debt encouraged by the policies of the Federal Reserve. You can hack your appliances in ways that make them operate better than the regulations allow.
- Be joyful.
Good advice even for conservatives.
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