Freedom exists in…
… schoolbooks,
… dictionaries,
… fairy tales,
… video games,
… dreams,
Or
… in the little daily choices we make, like having a pizza for lunch or going for a burger… and that’s only if our dietary restrictions allow us…
For more complex choices , the society we’ve been forced to live in by so called ‘free will’ makes the decisions…
With friendly imperatives starting with “Don’t…”
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“…wear that…”
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“…eat that…”
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“…drink (that)…”
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“…smoke (that)…”
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“…be different…”
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“…be weird, people are watching…”
All the demonstrative ‘that’ chunks uttered above vaguely indicate that they were actually remote choices of both the wrong-doer and their angelic companion bound by the unspoken rules of the society we may feel so detached from.
Most of us have the illusion of ‘being free as birds’, but the question is “Are birds really free?”
“Are they?”
They can fly, but so can we… by planes…
And that sums about everything they can do freely. They can’t swim, dive, run, write, make instrumental music, paint or have a pizza takeout etc.
So, why does it feel like they are the free ones?
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