Freedom, once fully understood is one of the most intoxicating things I’ve ever experienced.

Before I knew its meaning I didn’t really care about it, but now, every bone, sinew, blood vessel and neurone in my being demands it. It occupies my mind constantly, I need it more than air, water and food. Because I know all those things are only attainable with freedom.

Read any book on the effects of Communism on a nation’s food, water and air, or any biography of a hostage for the details.

There are many misconceptions about freedom, but the true meaning of freedom is having the ability to act on your own rational judgement in accordance with what you perceive in the world around you.

Force and fraud destroy and undercut your ability to act on this judgement, cutting your mind off from reality.

If you cannot act on your own judgement, your thoughts become arbitrary, your mind useless, and your life meaningless because you cannot pursue what you value. From a class of water to an entire career, the more values denied to you the less meaning your life has.

The meaning of your life is your life.

If you cannot pursue your own values, you cannot live.

Your heart may pump blood, your stomach may digest food and your lungs may process oxygen, but if you cannot act on your own judgement, you are not alive, you are an animated corpse, a zombie.

I can never go back to that world and I know there are many here that feel the same. ❤️

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