Thread:Ragnarok6354/@comment-24187738-20150327154858/@comment-6021376-20150328124840

In my opinion, freedom is in the eyes of the beholder. In this world there are no absolute truths and I believe the topic of freedom emphasises this point. People are only as free as they consider themselves to be.

People who are bound by strict rules can feel just as free as those are not. As to how I would define freedom? Well, I believe freedom is the right to dictate your own future. However in saying this of course there are people who would abuse this and do irresponsible things. And therefore the question is: do those who plan on taking away or restricting other people's freedoms deserve less themselves and is it justifiable for us to limit the freedom of some to preserve the freedom of others?

I would say it is.

As to whether freedom is political, yes of course it is. Your views on things like freedom will quite obviously always be influenced by the environment around you. However, I think this is a very dangerous thing as people are easily deceived or persuaded cough... fox news...cough...

As to whether it is worthwhile to trade political and social freedoms for stability and economic success, I don't know. I don't think there is anything wrong with either option. In the end one option is not better than the other, it really just depends on what your point of view is. In each system you will have people who believe the other is better, but in the end it is just as I said before - you must trade some freedoms for others.

Edit: Quote from George Orwell's 1984: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four. If that is granted all else follows."