We aint free

[PeterTheGrape]

The first part of freedom is knowing what it is.

The Soviet Union used to say that in America you are free to be unemployed and hungry, while Americans used to say that in the former USSR you were free to have any color car you wanted, as long as you wanted a black car.

A better definition than those is that for most people freedom is a mixture of education i.e., knowing which opportunities exist, and independence i.e., the liberty to pursue those opportunities.

[WarThunder]

The first part of freedom is knowing what it is.

The Soviet Union used to say that in America you are free to be unemployed and hungry, while Americans used to say that in the former USSR you were free to have any color car you wanted, as long as you wanted a black car.

A better definition than those is that for most people freedom is a mixture of education i.e., knowing which opportunities exist, and independence i.e., the liberty to pursue those opportunities.

That's only in America, the hungry can very rarely be found if it is impossible at all. And at the expense of the USSR, the car itself could not get everything. In the first money was not, and in the second place was on the car is very big. Even expensive "Volga" was deficit and the queue lasted for years.

[BADecker]

The best freedom has to do with existing in the place where you fit. For example.

Imagine that you saw the moon rise one night. And let's say you wanted to go explore the moon.

So, you think that if you jump hard enough you can get there. But gravity (density for flat earth people) holds you down. You are not free. Gravity is making a slave out of you.

Now imagine that you are free from gravity's constraints. So you jump to the moon, and die in the frigid airlessness of space.

The best freedom you have is to life right where you fit.

[PeterTheGrape]

That's only in America, the hungry can very rarely be found if it is impossible at all. And at the expense of the USSR, the car itself could not get everything. In the first money was not, and in the second place was on the car is very big. Even expensive "Volga" was deficit and the queue lasted for years.

Americans have never been hungry, so the Soviet argument fell flat, it was only understood by people outside the U.S.

Anyway liberty is a different thing than freedom.

Russians were free to buy black cars but most did not have the liberty to buy them, because the queues were long and money was short. Americans had that liberty but did not understand that food is more important than cars. There was no way for people in the U.S. to know that, never a reason.

[niokobo]

Russia and all those communist countries are a fraud anyways

Fidel Castro prayed communism to his people but he and his gang enriched themself, same russia and all the other cmmunist countries

the ones that force no matter what social instituion on to their people dont even live by it.

Look iran the people cant do shit there and face criminal prosecution when they dont obey to their fucking religion or drink alcohol, were there so called leaders do parties with strippers and coke and alcohol and their fuckign kids post those pictures on instagram.

Same in Russia- I have been there- a fucking shithole espcially the rural area but even moscow sucks ass fr the average joe blow but yet Putin is said to be 1 of the richest peple alive and this happens in every country with ever religion

Look at the vatican, officially they against homosexuality but the vatican itself is run by the faggot mafia

People in power always look for ways to take power from the people to give it to themself, thats how the fuckign world works for them

Tell the ordinary people not to do the things we do so we can stay in power

[PeterTheGrape]

Russia and all those communist countries are a fraud anyways

Fidel Castro prayed communism to his people but he and his gang enriched themself, same russia and all the other cmmunist countries

the ones that force no matter what social instituion on to their people dont even live by it.

Look iran the people cant do shit there and face criminal prosecution when they dont obey to their fucking religion or drink alcohol, were there so called leaders do parties with strippers and coke and alcohol and their fuckign kids post those pictures on instagram.

Same in Russia- I have been there- a fucking shithole espcially the rural area but even moscow sucks ass fr the average joe blow but yet Putin is said to be 1 of the richest peple alive and this happens in every country with ever religion

Look at the vatican, officially they against homosexuality but the vatican itself is run by the faggot mafia

People in power always look for ways to take power from the people to give it to themself, thats how the fuckign world works for them

Tell the ordinary people not to do the things we do so we can stay in power

Everything you say is true, 100%.

But look at the topic of the thread.

Definitely not having money does not help freedom. But neither does being in jail, which has become the norm in America for poor people and those who do not have 'connections'. Some links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/23-petty-crimes-prison-life-without-parole

Look at any recent criminal case and you will see cops and politicians and high military officers do not go to jail for anything, unless there is massive publicity. But a regular person can be jailed for almost nothing.

The issue of 'freedom' has to start at the ground floor, not with abstractions about economic liberties.

[Xester]

In the USA we arent free - noway near to it

whats our freedom- the freedom to choose between democrats and republicans??
to choose between coca cola or pepsi or to chose between mcdonalds and burger king or jack in the box or fat burger??

In most US cities we cant even drink our own sink water, everyone is armed cause everyone thinks only nts walk our streets.

Look at our POlice and military roaming our streets in La and other major US Cities- do they look like freedom??

The only freedom we have in the US is if we pay for it and we have to kiss ass all day just to make money so we can buy our freedom.
But even the way we make money 90% we do is scam our customers- how are we free.

Im so sick and tired of hearing people say in the US we so free we live so good and we have to watch out for the refugees or whoever cause they are a threat to our freedom??

How are muslim refugees a threat to our freedom when we look up most of our own citizens on an alarming rate???

How are we free in the western world if we aint even allowed to grow an innocent marijuna plant??
How are we free when most kids are bullied or mobbbed in school??

How are we free if we have to pay for every god damn thing on this planet?

How are we free if we get manipulated from morning to night from braindead media that tell us what to buy next andtell us were something bad happened?
How are we free when our phone calls, our bank accounts are surveiled by the ones that should protect us??
How are we free when we have to buy weapons to protect us?

So the next person that says we are free in the US better comes up with something good or shuts tha fuck up and accepts we aint free, we aint even close to freedom, we so caught in our bullshit and lies that we dont know we locked up

Open your eyes people and say fuck the bullshit- meaning fuck the money

Only if we get rid of the monetary system we will be free but aslong as we have to pay for the air we breath and the water we drink we nowhere free.

SO wake tha fuck up and stop running after money- money will never give you freedom all it does is buying you a nice window seat in your prison

The more money someone has the more of a sellout and a liar and scammer he is

There is no real freedom in this world. The only freedom is found when we are no longer in this world. I was amazed by how you portray the absence of freedom in the United States in America and your explanation is as clear as the day. But there is one flaw that I saw and that you want to plan marijuana. I almost fell for your words but only to realize in the end that you just posted this because you wanted to plant marijuana and the state is not in favor of that.

[Alexzap]

In the USA we arent free - noway near to it

whats our freedom- the freedom to choose between democrats and republicans??
to choose between coca cola or pepsi or to chose between mcdonalds and burger king or jack in the box or fat burger??

In most US cities we cant even drink our own sink water, everyone is armed cause everyone thinks only nts walk our streets.

Look at our POlice and military roaming our streets in La and other major US Cities- do they look like freedom??

The only freedom we have in the US is if we pay for it and we have to kiss ass all day just to make money so we can buy our freedom.
But even the way we make money 90% we do is scam our customers- how are we free.

Im so sick and tired of hearing people say in the US we so free we live so good and we have to watch out for the refugees or whoever cause they are a threat to our freedom??

How are muslim refugees a threat to our freedom when we look up most of our own citizens on an alarming rate???

How are we free in the western world if we aint even allowed to grow an innocent marijuna plant??
How are we free when most kids are bullied or mobbbed in school??

How are we free if we have to pay for every god damn thing on this planet?

How are we free if we get manipulated from morning to night from braindead media that tell us what to buy next andtell us were something bad happened?
How are we free when our phone calls, our bank accounts are surveiled by the ones that should protect us??
How are we free when we have to buy weapons to protect us?

So the next person that says we are free in the US better comes up with something good or shuts tha fuck up and accepts we aint free, we aint even close to freedom, we so caught in our bullshit and lies that we dont know we locked up

Open your eyes people and say fuck the bullshit- meaning fuck the money

Only if we get rid of the monetary system we will be free but aslong as we have to pay for the air we breath and the water we drink we nowhere free.

SO wake tha fuck up and stop running after money- money will never give you freedom all it does is buying you a nice window seat in your prison

The more money someone has the more of a sellout and a liar and scammer he is

There is no real freedom in this world. The only freedom is found when we are no longer in this world. I was amazed by how you portray the absence of freedom in the United States in America and your explanation is as clear as the day. But there is one flaw that I saw and that you want to plan marijuana. I almost fell for your words but only to realize in the end that you just posted this because you wanted to plant marijuana and the state is not in favor of that.

I'm sure that the other world does not exist. This means that freedom just yet. People always dependent. Marijuana is not freedom is dependence on the drug. Where is the freedom?

[phieiph]

In the USA we arent free - noway near to it

whats our freedom- the freedom to choose between democrats and republicans??
to choose between coca cola or pepsi or to chose between mcdonalds and burger king or jack in the box or fat burger??

In most US cities we cant even drink our own sink water, everyone is armed cause everyone thinks only nts walk our streets.

Look at our POlice and military roaming our streets in La and other major US Cities- do they look like freedom??

The only freedom we have in the US is if we pay for it and we have to kiss ass all day just to make money so we can buy our freedom.
But even the way we make money 90% we do is scam our customers- how are we free.

Im so sick and tired of hearing people say in the US we so free we live so good and we have to watch out for the refugees or whoever cause they are a threat to our freedom??

How are muslim refugees a threat to our freedom when we look up most of our own citizens on an alarming rate???

How are we free in the western world if we aint even allowed to grow an innocent marijuna plant??
How are we free when most kids are bullied or mobbbed in school??

How are we free if we have to pay for every god damn thing on this planet?

How are we free if we get manipulated from morning to night from braindead media that tell us what to buy next andtell us were something bad happened?
How are we free when our phone calls, our bank accounts are surveiled by the ones that should protect us??
How are we free when we have to buy weapons to protect us?

So the next person that says we are free in the US better comes up with something good or shuts tha fuck up and accepts we aint free, we aint even close to freedom, we so caught in our bullshit and lies that we dont know we locked up

Open your eyes people and say fuck the bullshit- meaning fuck the money

Only if we get rid of the monetary system we will be free but aslong as we have to pay for the air we breath and the water we drink we nowhere free.

SO wake tha fuck up and stop running after money- money will never give you freedom all it does is buying you a nice window seat in your prison

The more money someone has the more of a sellout and a liar and scammer he is

There is no real freedom in this world. The only freedom is found when we are no longer in this world. I was amazed by how you portray the absence of freedom in the United States in America and your explanation is as clear as the day. But there is one flaw that I saw and that you want to plan marijuana. I almost fell for your words but only to realize in the end that you just posted this because you wanted to plant marijuana and the state is not in favor of that.

I'm sure that the other world does not exist. This means that freedom just yet. People always dependent. Marijuana is not freedom is dependence on the drug. Where is the freedom?

I agree, as it is silly to learn that the people demand freedom from the authorities to allow them to use the drug in order to lose their freedom and get dependent on the same drugs. Absurd. And as for listening and other control, then as they say, you want to live in safety, then you need to sacrifice something.

[darkseid1199]

In a society where you are given the choices to choose two things doesnt really represent freedom, It  rather gives the people a sense of freedom, Its no wonder that corporations are buying other and eventually they will a become a single entity. The only freedom will be a deserted island, where there is no media because they are the sources through which people are controlled.