Episode 6: The Permission Society - When Everything Requires Approval
At what point did everyday life start requiring permission?
Not permission to do something wrong.
Permission to do something normal.
To build.
To change.
To act.
Most people didn’t notice when that shift happened.
Because it didn’t arrive all at once.
It developed gradually… through systems, processes, and expectations that reshaped how we think.
Over time, something subtle changed.
We stopped asking:
“Is this right?”
And we started asking:
“Am I allowed?”
That question might seem small.
But it signals something much larger.
A shift from a society built on responsibility…
to one increasingly built on permission.
In Episode 6 of The Defiant Citizen, we explore how that shift happens… and what it means for a self-governing people.
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