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In reaction to the medieval ideas of ascribed status and religious conformity comes Liberalism. The basic idea of which is to have a society whose members are free to pursue their own ideas and interests with as little interference as possible (Ball and Dagger, Liberalism Introduction p. 65). Ideas on how to get there have been a point of argument since liberalism began. Many writers, theorists, and economists have studied and given ideas of what liberty …

…that telling us what to do cannot be far behind. The more I read of Friedman’s work the more I could see the America of today, and also the more I was sickened. This is what I feel should be challenged in the classroom. It’s slow and it’s subtle, but it is happening. It is exactly what each and every one of these writers feared would happen. Will we let it continue?