In a lot of prevalent media its generally portrayed that people are in a default way not free. It is portrayed that if you don't fight for your freedom you do not have any freedom. It even goes as far as to suggest that if you live in a socially acceptable way that you are not free at all.
I would say otherwise. I think that humanity is basely free. No matter what the situation is, there are always choice to be made. No matter whether you choose to do like your parents tell you or not, you've still made a choice. Making a choice to submit is still a choice, and an active one. You can always change your mind and react differently. The idea that freedom is something that requires violence is simply absurd. Freedom requires nothing. It simply is. Even in slavery, there is the choice not to work, there is the choice to rebel. Perhaps the consequences hurt. But there are always consequences. Freedom is the ability to face them, and we all have that. If you're threatened at gunpoint, you still have a choice. Its just that most people tend to want to live.
In conclusion, I maintain that humanity is free by default, and no matter the situation everyone always has the freedom to choose as they wish.
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