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FREEDOM
Every social system grants its members some freedom.
Freedom consists of the kind and number of alternatives open for
choice to its members. However, every choice made leads to a
loss of freedom: the structure of these systems tends, in
consequence of the choice made to render at least some not chosen
alternatives, from then on, inaccessible to the members who made
the choice. The freedom granted therefore reduces the freedom of
those of its members who use it. Choice results in loss of
freedom. Loss of freedom can only be prevented by a society so
structured, that it would remain desirable to its members, even
if, therein, the freedom of choice were never to reduce, at least
to preserve, and often to increase, the number of alternatives
open for choice. (H. Brun)
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