Lots to be said about freedom an illusion or possible reality

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What does freedom mean to you?

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There is much to be said about freedom. There are also very different opinions of what freedom is or should be. Many people love to aim for the ability to live without anybody telling them what to do. Nobody loves to have chains on or be limited by others. Humans want to have no constraints, no limitations that would bother them,

It is found natural that we as human beings would be allowed to control ourselves and to be ourselves. Though, we do find lots of nations that want to restrict people in what they want to be and in what they want to do with their bodies. Even states that claim that they are for “freedom“, like the United States of America, want to tell women what they have to do with their bodies. The state wants to control them and forbids them to take certain pills, for not having (more) kids.

In this present world, it is not that we would everywhere have the choice and liberty to be ourselves.
We can not go wherever we would like. It is even not possible to dress however we want. People expect us to wear certain clothes at certain occasions, but also in certain countries, even in West Europe, women and men feel that certain dress code is not accepted by lots of people. Strangely enough also France where they insist to be so for “liberty” and “equality” we do find that Muslim women may not wear what they want. Neither may men and women have bare limbs when entering churches or religious places.

Everywhere, be it in Europe, Africa, America, or Oceania, we find certain restrictions on all sorts of levels. This would not be so annoying when those restrictions would be there to secure the freedom of others. But that is not always the case.

In this world, there are expectations to which people want us to live up to. In case we would be totally free we should not worry about that. But society shows us clearly the rules for our society. It would be nice if we all could live without rules imposed by others. Then we can speak about “Freedom”.

When we think of freedom, we have expectations to see how we as humans can be unfettered, and have free choice regarding how and where we want to live, and how to behave and dress, as well as how we may express ourselves. Freedom of thought and speech is something we want to uphold!

But left free, the nicest form of freedom is when everybody can feel united behind a similar drive to build the community of freedom into a world where everyone can also feel that freedom.

Real freedom is when we can live in a world where everyone respects the freedom of one another and does not limit that freedom or does not want to have control over the other.

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Preceding

Many present American citizens do not want to recognise their Land of hope and glory

United in an open society relying not on command and control but on freedom

The Upbringing of Ideas and the Extrapolation of Capitalism

Hollowness of democracy

Stress-test for democracy #2 A coup d’etat with bloodshed

A strong and ambitious counter-terrorism policy is needed for the European Union

Republican Party tinkering on fascism

Why, in Belgium, not so many youngsters are protesting these days

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Additional reading

1. Failing Man to make free choice
2. Looking to the East and the West for Truth
3. Don’t Envy the World
4. Freedom
5. Two forms of Freedom
6. Two forms of Freedom (Our World)
7. What does freedom mean to you?
8. Freedom for whom?
9. No man is free who is not master of himself (Our World)
10. No man is free who is not master of himself (Some View on the World)
11. Freedom is unthinkable without responsibility
12. Your Life: Habit or Freedom?
13. Looking at an Utopism which has not ended
14. Stay in Freedom
15. The Illiberal Conception of Freedom 1
16. The Liberal Conception of Freedom 2
17. Modern Slavery
18. If we view the whole world through a lens that is bright
19. If we view the whole world through a lens that is bright (Our World)
20. Blinded crying blue murder having being made afraid by a bugaboo
21. The clean sweeper of the whole caboodle
22. Overprotection and making youngsters drifting away
23. Those willing to tarnish
24. Helping against or causing more homophobia
25. Actions to be a reflection of openness of heart
26. Actions to be a reflection of openness of heart (Our World
27. Inculturation today calling for a different attitude
28. Doing vs. liking
29. Words losing their meaning
30. Gender, genderless, androgyny, bisexuality, cisgender and transgender
31. From a polio stricken lady about wheelchairs and freedom
32. Has Ukraine become a Symbol of ‘Freedom’
33. Governments, media and people clashing over gender issues
34. Window 190 – The door to our truth, can only be opened from within
35. Does America need to turn back to God
36. Religion and believers #1 Lots of groups and forms of belief to be taken interest in
37. A Progressive Call to Arms
38. Added commentary to the posting A Progressive Call to Arms
39. Christian fundamentalists feeding Into the Toxic Partisanship and driving countries into the Dark Ages… #1
40. The Spirit of God brings love, hope and freedom
41. Freedom In Christ
42. A Passover for unity in God’s community
43. A race not to swift, nor a battle to the strong
44. Today’s thought “If these qualities are yours” (December 14)
45. To be chained by love for another one

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