here’s the thing with freedom:

if you want freedom, you have to approve of freedom, and that approval has to be universal. it has to cover every conceivable base…

the freedom to oppress others, the freedom to fight your opression

the freedom to preach religion, the freedom to ignore religion

the freedom to capitalize on harmful business practices, the freedom to destroy harmful businesses

the freedom to pursue meaningless endeavors, the freedom to find meaning where others see nothing

freedom to kill and maim and rape and pillage, freedom to maim and kill and rape and pillage in retaliation

freedom has to be completely free, or it is nothing, just a word to be thrown about to generate hope in a system that does not perpetuate the freedom it proclaims

once REAL freedom exists, nature takes over, finding balance between creation and destruction