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Escape from Freedom
Freedom sounds great until it hits you like a ton of responsibility and loneliness. Why do so many people, given the chance to be free, end up handing their power over to some big boss or ideology? Erich Fromm’s “Escape from Freedom” digs into this puzzle, showing how freedom can feel more like a trap than a gift—and why that makes authoritarianism so tempting.
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