It's funny that most people have no definition for freedom. It's simply an ideal that they believe is important, but ultimately undefinable. There is a reason for this. It's left undefined so you have no way to judge if it exists.
From Black's Law Dictionary;
The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint; the opposite of slavery. The power of acting, in the character of a moral personality, according to the dictates of the will, without other check, hindrance, or prohibition than such as may be imposed by just and necessary laws and the duties of social life. The prevalence, in the government and constitution of a country, of such a system of laws and institutions as secure civil liberty to the individual citizen.
This is my starting point of Freedom:
I will move away from others who think differently. I will find shelter and sustenance. I will follow where my personal Gods lead. I will not be bound in my loyalties. I will not be bound in my obligations. I am free to choose who is my friend and who I ignore. I owe no one, and no one owes me.
I claim a natural right to exist as I choose, like the deer or a mouse or a lion. I, like all creatures, am natural and claim my space in the world as they do.
Rod Cambridge
March 2017
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