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@xilliah@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

What is freedom?

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What is freedom?

@xilliah@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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  • @MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    23•1 year ago

    Here in the USA, freedom is measured in Freedom Units, colloquially called “dollars.”

  • ☂️-
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    16•1 year ago

    being able to openly be a raging fascist conservative without anyone complaining about it.

    thats what freedom is right?

    • davel [he/him]
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      11•1 year ago

      Actually it’s about ethics in gaming journalism.

      • @Cataphract@lemmy.ml
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        3•1 year ago

        Needs more breast milk.

        • @violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1•1 year ago

          What?

          • @Cataphract@lemmy.ml
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            3•1 year ago

            random word associations with a theme lol. There’s a lot of cross ties between breastmilk and gaming/freedom/raging fascists etc. If I had a nickel…well it would be just a few of them but still weird that it happens.

            • @Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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              1•1 year ago

              Tell me more

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    14•1 year ago

    Action unrestrained by threats of violence or other coercion.

    • Jack
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      2•1 year ago

      What about my freedom to apply violence and coercion?

      • @Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee
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        7•1 year ago

        This is why absolute freedom can never exist as long as there are at least 2 people in existence… Either they must both give up their freedom to harm the other, or soon there will only be 1 person left, maybe 0.

  • Ioughttamow
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    13•1 year ago

    Having a strong central government, answerable to an educated populace. All necessary services are nationalized. Corporations are not people

    • @xilliah@beehaw.orgOP
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      1•1 year ago

      Can you share what you imagine?

      • Ioughttamow
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        3•1 year ago

        I’m having trouble formulating this coherently because I’m tired and have adhd but here goes. I think that by curtailing the absolute freedom of an individual you can give more actual freedom to more people. Essentially that the government isn’t the only place you should fear tyranny from. A strong government can prevent small tyrants from running roughshod over others. Eg don’t let someone/corps dump waste, this denies people clean water, natural beauty, etc. Robust social programs funded by aggressive taxation mean more people have the freedoms that health brings, freedom of movement via extensive public transport. It also should allow us to tackle big problems that need a lot of coordination, such as climate change

      • @10_0@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        deleted by creator

  • @DudeDudenson@lemmings.world
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    10•1 year ago

    “Baby don’t bomb me, don’t bomb me, no more”

  • Altima NEO
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    9•1 year ago

    Having the strength and courage to spread managed democracy

    • davel [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Is this a joke or is it more r/neoliberal leakage?

      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_democracy
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism#Managed_democracy
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lippmann
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crisis_of_Democracy
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum,_1971
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model
      • BBC: [Princeton] Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
      • @promitheas@programming.dev
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        10•1 year ago

        Its a joke from a new game. Look into Helldivers 2 and the satire of it related to how totalitarian governments use phrases like “managed democracy” and “freedom” to braniwash their populace into doing whatever they want. Great game too

        • davel [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Ah thanks.

    • @xilliah@beehaw.orgOP
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      1•1 year ago

      What do you think of how our democracies handle minorities?

  • @DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org
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    deleted by creator

  • @10_0@lemmy.ml
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    deleted by creator

    • @lemmyarcade@lemmy.ml
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      6•1 year ago

      Baby dont hurt me.

      • @venji10@feddit.de
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        3•1 year ago

        No more

  • Che Banana
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    5•1 year ago

    Taking a huge, absolutely gut-tension relieving dump, the kind that angels sing and your ears pop afterwards, in a handicap accesible toilet somewhere you either work, or go to classes, that was just recently cleaned and unused by anyone.

    • Vanth
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      .

      • Che Banana
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        1•1 year ago

        Truly, a freedom so free the founding fathers would weep!

  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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    5•1 year ago

    Being able to have things in life happen on your own terms.

  • @Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee
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    4•1 year ago

    Absolute freedom would be the ability to do whatever one wants to do whenever one wants to do it. However, the laws of physics and biology get in the way pretty quickly. So that leaves us with absolute freedom within the laws of the universe. However, it’s only possible to have this absolute freedom so long as there is only 1 person in existence. As soon as you add a second person, both must agree to forgo the freedom to harm the other, or soon enough there will only be 1 or 0 people left.

    In a society, the closest we can get to freedom is allowing people to do whatever they want as long as it doesn’t effect anyone else. Once it effects others, they should get a say in it, otherwise the person doing the stuff has more freedom than the people being effected by it. This is where we actually are.

  • @sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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    3•1 year ago

    As Kris Kristofferson wrote, and Janis Joplin sang,“Freedom’s just another word, for nothing left to lose.”

    • @xilliah@beehaw.orgOP
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      2•1 year ago

      So you must first lose everything?

  • @Urist@lemmy.ml
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    3•1 year ago

    Freedom is a verb.

    • @10_0@lemmy.ml
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  • @etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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    2•1 year ago

    Could you maneuver 10 miles in a day if needed.

  • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    2•1 year ago

    Freedom is a state in which a person’s input into their life has significant effects on the outcomes. Freedom is a state in which taking responsibility is a possibility.

    • @Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee
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      Thats not freedom? That concept in practice would be. I can work, if I do then I’ll have money. However, if I dont work, I die from lack of money. The way I’d see freedom is, u can work or not and eitherway u dont die. Yk your free to choose what you want or in this case free to make the inputs desire

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