Do you think you are really free?

Answer 1

depends on the customer

Answer 2

In the true sense of the word, yes I am free. But speaking realistically, then no, I am not free. If I were free I could do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I could jump in my car and drive to Daytona Beach for a month. But how would my employer feel about me leaving without getting his permission. Probably not very well. And how would my mortgage company feel if I did not make my house payment, or my insurance payments, of if I took my kid with me the school would be after me, so no, society "traps" all of us with these type of things. You would only convince me you are free if you could do things when and where you wanted, without repercussions, legal and otherwise. However, I believe we are more "free" in our country than any other country in the world, and I would not trade places with anyone else. I guess I have kind of created my own "traps" in a sense.

Answer 3

Not since the enactment of the Patriot Act and the 2007 Defense Authorization Act.
How any American can sit back and allow these Acts to take precedences for supposed safety measures is beyond me.
What has happened to the safe guard of our legislative branch to allow this president or any president to enact this legislation.
Few are questioning the legality and constitutionality of these laws.
The 2007 Defense Authorization Act was signed into law by GW Bush on October 17,2007 in a private Oval office ceremony.

http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/911/

One must ask the question who decides who is an "undesirable"!

People try to take comfort in the fact that it is supposed to mean terrorists or terrorist supporters but the frightening thing is if you look at alot of the responses you get on this forum alone it is rather obvious that if the time comes citizens will be turning in people who they feel is guilty of this just because people here keep calling Democrats terrorist supporters!!!!!

It's frightening!

Don't people realize that this is EXACTLY how Hitler turned his people against one another!!!

Answer 4

I think I am far, far more free than I would be living in the former Soviet Union, or in Iraq under Saddam, or in China. Am I completely 100% free? That comes down to how you defend freedom... we can do almost anything as long as we accept the cultural consequences for our actions. In any case, I have few complaints.

If we brought back the draft, then I would have issues.

Answer 5

absolutely not.

we are tied to jobs we don't like;
we have to buy processed garbage the shops call food;
we have little or no spare time to enjoy with our friends / relatives / loved ones;
we are not paid by our employers for days we are too sick to go to work;
we have far too few holidays and therefore days that are required in emergency situations to look after dependants are unpaid;
we have little alternative but to put ourselves deep into debt in order to buy a cars that help pollute the planet - as public transport is non-existent and non-polluting [clean] cars are totally unaffordable and an unrealistic option;
the fresh food and produce we can buy is tainted with chemicals and polutants that will give us cancer and eventually kill us if our stressful lives don't kill us first.

Free is a concept invented by the rich and well off to perpetuate their own lifestyles, which we the working class would never achieve.

Consider the Lottery......another scheme to get more poor and working class to pay more money to charities with the non-existent hope of becoming a millionaire......so that they can escape the lifestyle which they hate.

free.......costs a lot.....
but in death...your life costs even more.

Answer 6

No, not really
Trapped by society, forced to conform
Ensnared by the current administration, and you are afraid to speak your mind for fear of being labelled a terrorist or unpatriotic
too many laws binding you
You are only free when you are asleep and soon I think they will find a way to take away that freedom too.
Anyone who thinks they are free is a fool.

Answer 7

No we are not really free. There are taxs to be paid or go to jail, there are laws to obey in every asspect of your daily routines and we must do as we are told or face the judge. Now, in relation to most other countries, we are free.

Answer 8

well I don't know.
I"m not free to travel in my car without a driver's license, because the authorities will tell me I need one, and that I'd need to register my car and get car insurance. but I should be able to travel without them bothering me. it is one of my inalienable rights.
also what I earn through working is not taxable income, the government and the IRS trick you into thinking that.
I supposedly have the right to bear arms, but the governmnet tries to tell me which guns I can and can't have. what's up with that? isn't there a thing called the constitution?

Answer 9

As free as any human with responsibility is.

Answer 10

We have to have a definition of freedom first. One of the indicators of loss of freedom is the ability of others to monitor your every move without being noticed. And yes, we have no freedom at all. When you use your plastic cards your every move is monitored. from the CCTVs in he shops and streets to your credit card usage, Oyster card movement checks, Supermarket cards for food purchased, bank withdrawals and medical records and criminal activity details (optional). etc etc.

So it is possible to draw a timetable of what is what, when and why.

Answer 11

Yes -- I am free to live where I want, work where I want, work in the field that I want, associate with whom I want, marry who I want, do what I want with the money that I earn...

...and I am free to leave this country if I am not happy with it. I would encourage anyone who isn't happy with our country to do just that.