Star Parker: It's on Us to Choose How to Use Our Freedom
Parker argues that freedom and personal responsibility should guide economic life and the use of emerging technologies.
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TAP FOR WHYNewsbusters is an opinion-oriented publisher, and this piece is a signed commentary rather than independently reported news. The named author provides transparency, but the article offers limited sourcing and no opposing perspective.
- Source type — Opinion-oriented publisher; a strong prior for lower institutional credibility than a reporting-focused newsroom.
- Author attribution — The column names Star Parker and identifies her organization and book.
- Editorial standards — The piece is commentary and does not present competing perspectives or a reported fact-check.
- Transparency — The author’s affiliation is disclosed, but the article provides little detail about its cited report.
The column presents a clear argument and names a Fraser Institute report as support for one comparison, but provides few specific details or independent sources. It is an opinion essay with no countervailing perspective.
HOW WE SCORE ↗This is a one-sided opinion essay making a case for economic freedom and individual responsibility. It briefly acknowledges fears about technological change but does not develop opposing arguments or cite critics.
- Counterarguments presented — The column acknowledges that fear of technological change may be legitimate, but does not present a developed opposing case.
- Source diversity — It cites the Fraser Institute and Adam Smith but includes no opposing sources.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is an argument advocating a particular view of freedom and responsibility.
- Loaded language — Uses evaluative language about government abridging freedom and the proper use of technology.
The column strongly favors free markets, limited government intervention and a religiously framed account of moral responsibility. Its language and argument lean right, though it does not discuss a specific party or candidate’s opponent.
- Framing — Presents individual freedom and market choice as central to prosperity and opportunity.
- Language tone — Urges readers to resist those who would limit freedom and closes with an appeal to a nation under God.
- Source selection — Relies on Adam Smith and a Fraser Institute report to support the case for economic freedom.
Star Parker argues that economic freedom and personal responsibility can foster prosperity, and that people—not technology itself—determine whether new tools such as artificial intelligence are used for good or harm. She urges readers to defend freedom while using it responsibly.
Parker links the 250th anniversaries of the Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations,” arguing that political and economic freedom helped create the United States. She cites a Fraser Institute report comparing incomes in countries with different levels of economic freedom and says Smith’s ideas also emphasize empathy and moral responsibility.
Applying that argument to technology, Parker says innovations including artificial intelligence can be used for beneficial or harmful ends, depending on human choices. She urges readers to embrace freedom and resist efforts to give it up, while acting with an understanding of good and evil.
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