Even in Freetown, nothing is free, funny right? I wonder how some people assume that in the life we live currently, we are free and able to do whatever, if we were indeed free, then our so-called government won't be lavishing in wealth, looting the nation's wealth while the common man struggles daily in silence, they say we have freedom of speech, but what happens after the speech.
The real deal is that we aren't as free as we think we are, yea, you read that right, even in our normal daily life activity, for every good or bad thing we do there will always be a payday whether now or in the nearest future, that is why it is always preached that we live our lives the best way possible because Karma can be a bad B, pardon me, I don't want to use the full word.
I understand that the rules and laws of the nation are meant to maintain law and order so the nation doesn't become unrulable as people tend to misbehave when there is no law, still these ruling bodies still don't know when to draw the line, and the worst part is them breaking the law themselves yet no one can stand and speak against them, because the brave one's who tried ended up losing their lives, the fear of one losing his or her life has made us keep mute, thereby making us not free.
The #endsars protest comes to mind, where some brave Nigerian youth came out in their numbers to speak against our bad government and bare their mind on how crippled the state of our economy is, but how did it end up? they were shot and teargassed and I begin to wonder what truly is the meaning of freedom of speech, to make things worse, this open day killing was denied and brushed under the carpet because they hold the power and are the only ones free to do whatever they like.
freedom is the ability to make your own choices and live your life as you deem fit, without undue restriction or anyone's control. Looking at your life from childhood, have you really been free, or are we living in a state of illusion, our every move has already been dictated, did you not become whatever religion you practice today because that's what your parent wanted, for some of us, it goes as far as our course of study and whom we choose to spend the rest of our lives with, so where is the freedom, our lives has already been dictated even in the very society we live in, that's why anyone that tries to break free is considered weird or insane.
In conclusion, the question of whether we are truly free or not, is not one with a straightforward reply, although we may not be able to do whatever we like, whenever we like, we still have the power to make our choices to some extent to at least live in peace with others.
above all, our freedom is not just a state of being, but also a state of our mind. we should make a conscious effort to be aware of the factors that influence our choices, and to take responsibility for our own lives. Without any doubt, the answer to the question 'if we are really free' is a big Maybe
In other news
It's the 15th day of the month #LPUD, Have you powered up
I have done my own part by powering up 56 Leo tokens, for those that don't know the benefit of powering up,
Powering up or staking is a way of building or saving for the future, thereby giving you financial freedom
Writing about your Leo growth and publishing through inleo gives your blog a chance to be curated by Leovoter
Staking also earns you passive leo token
You also get to chance to be eligible for leo delegation reward as long as you follow the rules below
Your total Leo Power (on the 15th) must be less than 25k.
You must power up at least 50 LEO tokens on February 15.
You must not have powered down Leo over the last month.
You need to share a blog post on InLeo about LPUD. just like this one, you can make it a full blog post
So hurry now and go stake some Leo.
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