Freedom begins with the recognition of the difference between the is and the ought. Free people operate in the space between, in a borderland of unpredictability. Totalitarianism claims to close the gap between what is and what should be permanently and for everyone. A notalitarian shrugs and says that the problem does not exist: Who knows what (if anything) exists, and who knows what (if anything) should be? Totalitarianism takes all the oxygen from the room; notalitarianism fills the space with laughing gas.
