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Freedom must be considered in the proper
light.
"Freedom is not a reaction;
freedom is not a choice.
It
is man's pretence that because he has choice he is
free.
Freedom is pure observation without
direction,
without fear of punishment and reward.
Freedom is without motive;
freedom is not at the end of the
evolution of man
but lies in the first step of his existence.
In observation one begins to discover
the lack of freedom.
Freedom is found in the choiceless
awareness of our daily existence and
activity."
- J. Krishnamurti
"None are more hopelessly
enslaved than those who
falsely believe they are
free." – Goethe
"Government seems to operate on the principle that
if even one individual is incapable of using his
freedom competently, no one can
be allowed to be free." –
Harry Browne
"The Orwellian ambition to render language
incapable of even expressing the concept "freedom" has nearly been fulfilled.
Not by eliminating the word, but by converting it into
a mere image, an empty shell, a
brand." - Charles
Eisenstein
"Make yourself free from self at one
stroke!
Like a sword be without trace of soft iron;
Like a steel
mirror, scour off all rust with contrition."
- Rumi
Freedom is defined
as:
Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
The capacity to
exercise choice; free
will.
Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition.
Liberty of the
individual from
slavery, detention, or
oppression.
Exemption from necessity, in
choice and action; as, freedom of
will.
Privileges; franchises;
immunities. The condition of being
free of restraints.
A
right or the
power to engage in certain actions
without control or interference.
Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority
in the performance of a specific action.
"The
true free living human-being is
the one that achieves his dream
without depending on someone
else." - Lao Tze
"Let's stop talking about freedom as if it is a commodity that
someone can sneak in your house and steal. The real
to our
freedom is the
false patriotism that tricks us into
surrendering it willingly - and whether or not we build a concrete and steel
monument to it is somewhat irrelevant." - Carolyn
Almos
loose
liberal
not literal
unattached
unimpeded
independent
not held fast
easily worked
unconstrained
frank and open
not occupied or in use
traveling without power
uncombined chemically
unrestrained by decency
engaged in by all present
able to do something at will
ready
or generous in giving
given readily or in profusion
enjoying
political autonomy
without cost, payment, or charge
clear of
obstructions or obstacles
not subject to rules, set forms,
etc.
enjoying personal rights or liberty
at liberty to enter
and enjoy at will
not containing a specified substance
that
may be used by or is open to all
acting without self-restraint or
reserve
not joined to or in contact with something else
given
without consideration of a return or reward
of, pertaining to, or
characterized by free enterprise
provided without, or not subject to, a
charge or payment
not subject to special regulations, restrictions,
duties, etc.
pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal
liberty.
occurring as an independent construction, without necessary
combination with other forms
Exempt or released from something
specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc. having immunity or being
safe.
Existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and
political liberties typically constitutionally guaranteed by representative
government.
Exempt from external authority, interference, restriction,
etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent;
unrestricted.
Freedom must be considered in the
proper light. It is a
fallacy to suppose that we as
human beings are
truly free at all.
The only
human being that
could be considered truly free is that
human
that lives alone in the wilderness
and has no contact with any other humans.
Because we are social animals every action
we take either
fits within the acceptable
standards of the social culture or it does not.
The question that
needs to be asked is - "How much freedom of individual action can a
social culture allow.?"
The
proper answer to that question is - "How responsible
are the individuals that make up the social culture in question?
If
the individuals that make up the social
culture are responsible
then more
freedom should be granted them by
the social culture.
If the
individuals are less responsible then less
freedom should be granted them.
But who decides what defines a "responsible" individual?
In
American social culture the
individuals judged "responsible," suitably loyal to the established status quo,
are those that command staggering revolving credit lines, like the hedge fund
traders/investment bankers.
In this case those who buy and sell debt,
packaged as over-the-counter securities,
are those that are granted the
most freedom.
The truth is that in American
social culture your value is directly
related to the debt you pay off!
This devalues all other considerations.
What is important is the command of debt!
This method of granting
greater freedom of individual
action is inherently unjust.
Any method of granting
freedom other than by granting
greater freedom to those who
actually increase the common good, will be seen as unfair by the members of the
social culture that are "responsible"
and do increase the common good but who are not properly compensated.
When freedom is withdrawn
from those who are actually do increase the common good and
given to those on a quest for
power and control through debt the social cultural fabric is
corrupted.
The
social culture structure in place
becomes decadent as a civilization
withers from within.
If
freedom is returned to the people
then the civilization may once again
flourish.
1) The controlling
interests of America are not frank, open or
unreserved.
2) The only choice most Americans have is which
corporate overlord to be
enslaved by.
3) Being ruled by
immoral and unscrupulous individuals causes
Americans to live under unpleasant and onerous
conditions.
4) Americans are
enslaved through their own
selfish desires which are manufactured by their
corporate overlords for
social control purposes in the pursuit of
profit.
5) Americans are
free to act but only within exceedingly narrow
boundaries set in place by their corporate and
government overlords.
6) Privileges,
franchises and immunities and the
condition of being free of restraints applies
only to American aristocracy.
7)
Americans are 'free' to pay their
taxes, 'choose' their
corporate overlord, 'choose' their
insurance carrier, 'choose'
their stock broker, 'choose'
their money manager, etcetera.
Americans are not free to choose a representative in government that
will represent their interests. Americans are not
free to require
corporations to be
socially responsible.
Americans are not free to breath
fresh clean air and drink fresh clean
water. Americans are not
free of the drumbeat of the "American machine"
that turns living, breathing,
empathetic beings into
mindless human robots.
8)
Americans are not free from the arbitrary exercise of authority if it is in the
purportedly "best interests" of society as a whole.
(society as a whole = corporate interests)
"So long as some men wish to do
violence to others, there cannot be complete
liberty, for either the wish to do
violence must be restrained, or the
victims must be left to
suffer. For this reason, although individuals
and societies should have the utmost
freedom as regards their own affairs,
they ought not to have complete freedom
as regards their dealings with others. To give
freedom
to the strong to oppress the weak
is not the way to secure the greatest possible amount of
freedom. This is the basis of the
socialist revolt against the kind of
freedom advocated by
laissez-faire economists." -
Bertrand Russell
"True liberation is an inner freedom of creative Reality. This is not a
gift ; it is to be discovered and experienced. It
is not an acquisition to be gathered to yourself to glorify yourself. It is a
state of being, as silence, in which there is no becoming, in which there is
completeness. This creativeness may not necessarily seek expression. You need
not be a great artist or have an audience; if you seek
these, you will miss the inward Reality. It
is neither a gift, nor is it the outcome of talent;
it is to be found, this imperishable treasure, where
thought frees itself from
lust, ill-will and
ignorance, where
thought frees itself from
worldliness and personal craving to
be. It is to be experienced through
right thinking and
meditation." - J. Krishnamurti"The
idea of human
liberty is grounded in the
belief that each individual has the inviolate right
to live his life according to his own
conception of the "good life," even when others may
believe, and believe
strongly, that the road he has chosen is leading him to
hell. As long as
he respects the rights of others to follow
other - perhaps more noble - paths, his destiny is to be left in his own
hands. The freedom
philosophy has also argued that the best chance
for individual and social improvement is an
environment in which peaceful persuasion
and exemplary example act as the avenues for change." - Richard M.
Ebeling
Liberty is defined
as:
Freedom to do as one
pleases
Freedom from captivity or
from slavery
Freedom or right to frequent or use a
place
Freedom from
external or foreign rule; independence
A
female figure personifying freedom from
despotism
Freedom from
arbitrary or despotic government or control
Freedom from captivity, confinement, or
physical restraint
Power or right of doing, thinking, speaking,
etcetera, according to choice.
Freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction,
hampering conditions, etcetera
A breach or overstepping of propriety or
social convention considered by the
social group to be an unwarranted or impertinent
freedom in action or speech, or a form
or instance of it
See Thomas Paine
See
Thomas Jefferson
See
George Washington
See
American aristocracy
See
Social Control
See
The Subversion of American Democracy
See
The Corruption of the American
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