Yes, I know I'm really lucky to be living in the United States, and I know I shouldn't be saying this, but can true freedom ever exist? In school the teachers were always asking us to define "freedom" and "liberty" and stuff like that.
However, though we have so many rights, in a sense "freedom" can't exist. Think about it. There are so many stereotypes that prevent people from really being themselves. Preppies, punks, jocks, goths--somehow they all have to fit inside one box or another.
On a larger level, there are gender biases, racial profiling, homophobics, religious intolerance, etc. People aren't free to be who they were from birth, and sometimes they can't help it.
In addition, we are all governed by society and unwritten, unspoken rules that tell us what we have to do in order to be accepted. Do you ever find yourself acting differently in front of some friends than others? We all try to please people, and that limits our freedom of personal expression.
What do you think? Are we really free, or do we mold ourselves to be someone we're not, just so we're accepted?
Peace out,
Cb526
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However, we can get pretty close. Just takes a lot of effort to just be, w/o regard to others. You do have a good point in that we do limit ourselves quite a bit. But, once you consciously recognize it as such, you are free with regards to that self-imposed limitation, since you can either circumvent it or go along with it as you see fit.
