Fantastic Freedom
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The Friday file: To paraphrase Milton Friedman, a society that puts equality of outcome ahead of freedom will have neither. Using force to achieve equality will destroy freedom and the force will end up in the hands of self-serving persons. A society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both as freedom allows people to pursue their own objectives and challenge the status quo.