We adhere to certain ways and principles of behaving and acting in social settings. These principles are not just principles to live by but social expectations.
With these expectations, comes some form of confinement that almost imprisons someone.
It limits one to experience life in its entirety and exercising their freedom of choice fully.
In such cases, freedom is not free. What is freedom if you are expected to live in a specific way that is dictated by the society you find yourself in?
With that said, we need to acknowledge the fact that to live harmoniously amongst each other, there has to be rules and principles we all ought to follow to maintain peace and sanity in our society.
But to what extent can these go?
Because at times they reach points where in a group now comes an individual(s) that which we become afraid to upset. Our personal lives and quests in the exploration of life are limited by those individuals. Our lives now revolve around these people. Before we act, we consider them first - whether or not they will get upset or offended by our actions.
And remember, these are just normal people like you and I, but they somehow take on a Goldy position in our society and in our personal lives. They generally come in the form of 'leaders', such as civil organization leaders, community leaders, religious leaders, business leaders, and political figures.
Even though we live in a community and abide by societal values and principles, we should not forgo our individuality.
Living in a way in which you are constantly afraid of a certain living figure like yourself is equal to enslavement. The person that you are afraid of is essentially enslaving you, literally taking away your free will and individuality.
An action can be beneficial to you but because it can upset that person, you don't take it simply because of the fear you have of that specific person. This is the basis of slavery.
Slaves were always afraid of upsetting their masters because of the potential consequences that may come with that.
Some environments we find ourselves in have become somewhat like slavery plantations where we are afraid of upsetting a specific individual. In such an environment, social obligations are a fallacy, what exists is social consequences.
The fear you have of that person inevitably confines you in a box. And the outcome of that is you not being fully free.
In such instances, you basically have a second God when in fact there should only be one God that you should be afraid of.
As you charter through life, investigate who you're afraid to upset in your life because that person is stealing your free will. That person is your enslaver.
The base of it all is that whoever you are afraid to upset holds your leash.
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