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We escaped the whims of kings. Did we just create a new kind of dependence?

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A journey from Magna Carta to modern New Zealand asks whether democracy’s expansion has protected individual freedom or encouraged ever-greater dependence on the state.

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We escaped the whims of kings. Did we just create a new kind of dependence?

A journey from Magna Carta to modern New Zealand asks whether democracy’s expansion has protected individual freedom or encouraged ever-greater dependence on the state.

4 days ago·Wellington, New Zealand

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Stuff broke the news in Wellington, New Zealand 4 days ago on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

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We escaped the whims of kings. Did we just create a new kind of dependence?

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