Thursday, December 12, 2024

Tag: The Biggest Obstacle To Real Freedom Is The Belief That We Already Have It

The Biggest Obstacle To Real Freedom Is The Belief That We Already Have It

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    by Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone:

    If you live in one of the so-called free democracies of the western world, the worst mistake you can make is to buy into the hype. To believe you are a free individual in a nation that respects and protects your freedom and individuality.

    Whenever I broach this subject I always get a deluge of objections along the lines of, “Well I’d much rather live where I live than under an authoritarian regime like in Iran or China! You would never be allowed to criticize your rulers the way you do if you lived in one of those places!”