30 unchanged lines collapsed*I hope my article shows that Caplan is a tyrant who has no idea what freedom means. He presents himself as someone who cares about freedom, as this reasonable guy who wants a balanced approach, but his primary concern isn’t freedom at all. Instead, he wants to *grant* freedom on *his* terms. He wants to prescribe predefined goals and assuage parents’ guilt for using coercion.* *Freedom is indivisible and allows absolutely no compromises. You cannot balance freedom. Caplan is a good example of the Randian insight that [even the smallest compromise in basic principles or moral matters is a complete surrender.](http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/compromise.html). An honest man who steals once in a while is not an honest man, as Ayn Rand implied. A free man who has to pick crops 1-2 hours a day is not a free man.An honest manA free child whosteals once inhas to learn math 1-2 hours awhileday is notan honest man, as Ayn Rand implied. And so on.*a free child. The whole point of unschooling is (or should be!) freedom, not productivity or career choices or whatever.*
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I hope my article shows that Caplan is a tyrant who has no idea what freedom means. He presents himself as someone who cares about freedom, as this reasonable guy who wants a balanced approach, but his primary concern isn’t freedom at all. Instead, he wants to *grant freedom on his terms. He wants to prescribe predefined goals and assuage parents’ guilt for using coercion.*Freedom is indivisible and allows absolutely no compromises. You cannot balance freedom. Caplan is a good example of the Randian insight that even the smallest compromise in basic principles or moral matters is a complete surrender.. An honest man who steals once in a while is not an honest man, as Ayn Rand implied. A free man who has to pick crops 1-2 hours a day is not a free man. A free child who has to learn math 1-2 hours a day is not a free child. The whole point of unschooling is (or should be!) freedom, not productivity or career choices or whatever.