“Responsibility is a cost, and it’s no wonder people want to evade it. Why someo

–“Responsibility is a cost, and it’s no wonder people want to evade it. Why someone would accept it at all is more interesting.”– Martin Stepan, @TheAutistocrat

Referring to the central strategy of Western civilizations’ institutions of cultural production is the institutionalization of individual responsibility for the private and common, thereby creating trust and reducing the costs of existence for all.

So we gain freedom liberty and sovereignty by paying for it with demonstrated responsibility for the private and common.