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H. L. Mencken's quote of “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe” is applicable to modern society as it is an ideal that has been seen in the past, present, and will continue to be seen in the future. 

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H. L. Mencken's quote of “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe” is applicable to modern society as it is an ideal that has been seen in the past, present, and will continue to be seen in the future. 

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Although some people may say that all a person wants to have is freedom, the real thing a person wants in today’s society is safety which goes with what the statement by H. L. Mencken is saying.

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Although some people find happiness and contentedness within their own versions of safety, A person experiences more growth and exposure to new things when out of their comfort zone rather than in.

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Though safety is usually most desired, there reaches a point where humanity needs to leave it behind in order to seek the freedoms they desire.

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H. L Mencken's quote,  “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” , applies to contemporary society but not in accordance to the statement because you cannot be safe without being completefully free. It is impossible in the modern world to have one without the other.

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Although H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) had a point when wrote that “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” his observation fails to establish that the average man valuing their safety more does not mean that they don't value their freedom at all.

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 “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” this quote is false and manipulative because safety and freedom do not have to be separate, the average person feels safe, this quote makes freedom something that is out of reach. 

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Although the average man may value safety over freedom, a part of society craves freedom and may overlook safety in order to feel the warmth of freedom. 

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Although the average man may value safety over freedom, a part of society craves freedom and may overlook safety in order to feel the warmth of freedom. 

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H. L. Mencken is surely correct about his quote  “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe”, but he may not be aware that recent studies have shown that people want to have freedom rather than be safe 

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H. L. Mencken is surely correct about his quote  “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe”, but he may not be aware that recent studies have shown that people want to have freedom rather than be safe 

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H. L. Mencken was an American essayist and social critic who said, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” This quote relates a lot to our society today because we are experiencing a pandemic, a presidential election, climate change, racial equality, and LGBTQ equality, and all we want to feel is safe. 

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Although people think that a government controlled society takes away all your freedom in exchange for safety and people would be better off all on their own, the government controlled society is how people are able to survive, it provides us with basic human resources such as food, water, and shelter, it also gives us public resources such as education and transportation; however it is the government law enforcement and government run services like the fire department that control us the most but give us the most protection.

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H. L. Menkin’s quote mostly doesn’t apply. While the promise of safety is tempting, without our freedome, there is nothing we can do with our safety, there will be fiewer things to enjoy in life. We could get separated from our loved ones and forced to work daunting nine to fives for low wages.

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Although in the past men felt feeling safe and having that sense of comfort was more important than being free, matters have changed when if comes to contemporary society though most men feel their freedom when they are free. 

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Although in the past men felt feeling safe and having that sense of comfort was more important than being free, matters have changed when if comes to contemporary society though most men feel their freedom when they are free. 

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Although many people would rather have safety over freedom, this isn’t always the case, the average man should have the option to have both and still live peacefully and happy.

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Mencken's observation, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe”, does apply to contemporary society some of the time because we like the idea of being safe when it is most wanted, but expect it to be non existent when looking for a thrill in life.

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Although freedom is a god-given right and can’t be taken away, safety is much more valuable as it provides the ability to defend yourself and feel at peace when everything else around you is chaos. 

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Although freedom is a god-given right and can’t be taken away, safety is much more valuable as it provides the ability to defend yourself and feel at peace when everything else around you is chaos. 

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H. L Mencken's quote,  “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” , applies to contemporary society but not to extent he is implying.

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H. L Mencken's quote,  “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” , applies to contemporary society, but not to the extent he is implying it to be.

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H. L. Menkin's quote applies a little bit because in todays society, safety is more important to most than freedom is. people have given up their freedom to stay safe and away from the pandemic that is currently taking over the world.

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Menklin's quote applies about half the time.

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Menklin's quote applies about half the time.

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H. L. Menkin’s quote applies most of the time because there is no exact definition of the average man. There are also different ways or things that people define as a freedom.

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H. L. Menkin’s quote applies most of the time because there is no exact definition of the average man. There are also different ways or things that people define as a freedom.

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H.L. Mencken's quote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.”, is applied in our society today but not in accordance to the quote because being safe and free contrasts each other too much to be successful together.  

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H.L. Mencken's quote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.”, is applied in our society today but not in accordance to the quote because being safe and free contrasts each other too much to be successful together.  

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H. L. Mencken’s quote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe,” is somewhat true in our society today because although it isn’t always safe for other people to be free, a lot of people want some sort of freedom. 

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H.L.Mencken's quote, "The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe," is mostly untrue because freedom is the most valued aspect of American society and it is untrue to assume that most Americans are average.

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Although immigrants come to America to be safe and live a better life then they did before, when they come to America they do have a slight bit more freedom but they still aren’t safe. 

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Although immigrants come to America to be safe and live a better life then they did before, when they come to America they do have a slight bit more freedom but they still aren’t safe. 

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Although freedom might seem more important than safety, H.L Mencken's quote applies to contemporary society and most people will favor safety over freedom to a certain extent.

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H.L Mencken’s quote,”The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe” applies to modern society as it is a requirement to be safe in most people’s lives, except for the outliers who like to live on the riskier side and like to be free.