One can be free in several ways. I want to stay away from any hierarchy between them, but they are closely connected.
🤸The most basic form is physical freedom. That includes the ability as well as the right to do so. Both can be altered, either through technology or politics for example. In most countries around the world this is in conflict with private property for example.
💭 Freedom of thought, the right to think, fantasize or dream anything you like. As far as I know, there is no current form of technology able to change or influence that directly, but propaganda comes a long way.
🗣 Freedom of expression, manifesting your thoughts to others and gathering around ideas. Art is also a good example of this. Obviously under threat in a lot of countries. Again technology and politics are important ways of increasing (or decreasing) one's freedom to expression. I am in doubt of the freedom to love also falls in this category or if that is a variant on its own.
🧘 Spiritual freedom or freedom of identity, a hard one to attain, because it is solely within ourselves that this takes place. It's more subtle than freedom of thought and also more fundamental. The ability to detach your identity from your convictions (and thus thoughts). Freeing yourself from those allows for more compassion and a milder attitude towards others (and their ways of thinking).
It is important that freedoms are in itself not equivalent to rights, but rather these are more like abilities. As a society we can provide for this, through legislation, but that is not a given as we can observe around us.
I feel this list is complete, but am certainly curious if you have spotted other forms of freedom one could attain?
Rik 🔥 🏔 🍃 🌊
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