What is the highest state of freedom?

The highest realm of life is freedom

Freedom is a fascinating word. Some people say: If you don’t have freedom, you’d rather die. The famous Hungarian poet Pei Duofen once wrote such a popular poem: Life is precious, but love is even more valuable. If you want to be free, you can throw away both! Freedom is the highest state and the greatest ideal of all living things.

The original meaning of the word "freedom" should be self-obedience, that is, not succumbing to external forces. Freedom is a state of being unrestrained, not only in the body but also in the mind. Freedom is so precious to human beings, yet so out of reach.

Freedom is like birds flying in the sky and fish swimming in the sea. Freedom is a natural state, free from human interference, free from external constraints and oppression, and free from cruel distortions. Freedom is not agreeing with the other person's point of view, but also being able to view other people's opinions rationally.

Freedom means being able to do business fairly, having channels to protect yourself when your rights are violated, and being able to freely enter and leave a country with a passport in hand. When you are dissatisfied with a certain policy, you can write to a newspaper to express your opinions, and you can tell the truth.

Human beings are born free. The so-called equality of all living things means that no matter who is a "human" individual, he should enjoy personal freedom, including the right to free movement, including freedom of marriage, including freedom of reproduction, including Freedom to work, including freedom to study. But people are not born free. Because freedom is relative, not absolute. From birth, people do not have the right to choose their parents. They only have the right of parents to choose to give birth to children. Morals, laws, regulations, decrees, obligations... restrict people's behavior and restrict people's freedom. Human beings are their own biggest slaves. Kahlil Gibran said that freedom is the thickest of human chains.

The history of human civilization is also a history of struggle for freedom. One of the core elements of a happy life is freedom. No one wants to be bound. The essence of life is freedom. Without freedom, there is no life, and without freedom, there is nothing. Throughout history, too many people have sacrificed their lives for freedom. To this day, defending freedom is still the foundation of human rights.

Freedom has levels. Wealth can win economic freedom for a person. The higher the wealth value, the greater the degree of freedom. Wealth can expand a person’s radius of activity. Wealth can allow a person to have More choices and wealth can even shorten time and space, buying you more time. To give a simple example: from point A to point B, a rich person can take a plane and arrive in one hour; a person with less money can take a train and arrive in a day; a penniless person may have to rely on two legs. I don't know how many days it will take.

Freedom has a prerequisite, and there is no absolute freedom in the world. The kite wants to be free, thinking that it can gain so-called freedom by breaking through the ropes that bind it. But little do they know that true freedom is something that only exists when the string that binds the kite helps and protects life!

Freedom is a dance with shackles. Without morality, without laws, without restraints, without obligations, there would be no parents, no teachers, no army, and no country. If you have the freedom to do whatever you want, then robbing the weak by the strong is not robbery. , raping others is not rape, stealing is a matter of course, and murder is no longer a crime. It is absolutely impossible for each of us to have complete freedom: in order for everyone to live together, we have no other way, everyone should accept some constraints and restrictions. Because of this, we have always been seeking the most beautiful system: minimizing restrictions on individual freedom so that everyone can have maximum freedom.

Freedom means sacrifice, which means choosing not to be free for the sake of freedom. Due to differences in education, environment, and ways of thinking, everyone's values, outlook on life, and world view cannot be exactly the same. There are differences, since there are differences. It should also be "I don't agree with your point of view, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." That's what freedom means - I can do what I want to do, but I can't force others to do what they don't want to do.

Writing this, Wallace’s shouts of “freedom, freedom” seem to be ringing in my ears again. The freedom I pursue is the kind of freedom described by Kant: true freedom is not to do whatever you want, but to not do whatever you want not to do.

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