Liberty Jubilee

Originally published on Students For Liberty Facebook page…

When this phrase reached the hands of a young North Korean woman at a Students For Liberty conference in Prague, it wasn’t just a philosophical concept.

It was a mirror of her life — and a declaration of purpose.

She was born under North Korea’s dictatorship, where everything was controlled: words, beliefs, even thoughts.

Freedom wasn’t a possibility — it was a threat to the regime.

Later, she lived under the repression of the Chinese Communist Party. She survived surveillance, censorship, and enforced silence.

Then, when she read the small book titled Why Liberty, she could finally name what she had been fighting for: individual liberty as moral and political abolition.

Because libertarianism is not just a critique of state power.

It’s an active stand against:

— Modern slavery

— Forced labor

— Human trafficking

— Ideological control

And this is not distant theory:

— 1 in every 10 North Koreans lives under conditions of slavery.

— Over 200,000 people are imprisoned in political camps.

— Children are mobilized for labor.

— Soldiers are sent to war without even knowing why.

More than 50 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery. And most of them will never have a voice.

This young woman, now free, shared a powerful reminder: “Freedom is not a privilege — it is a responsibility.”

If you believe in that too, studying ideas is not enough.

Act. Organize. Join the movement.