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Absolute freedom is not always a good thing. Modern society is very complex and intricate, and only specialists in certain fields can fully understand it. To maintain the stable functioning of this complex mechanism, it is necessary to somehow limit people. Obligations, and consequently, restrictions on absolute freedom, have existed for people since the dawn of civilization. Some hunted mammoths, others made clothes from their skins, and still others roasted the meat of these animals. At that time, however, neither rights nor obligations were regulated, but they already existed. If there had been complete freedom at that time, it is unlikely that homo sapiens, as a species, could have survived at all. In short, I believe that any society, even one that is only slightly developed, requires endowing people with freedoms and obligations and limiting their lives with certain prohibitions in order to exist normally and stably. Otherwise, everything will collapse.
O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.


G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal