(April 15, 2016 at 4:22 pm)abaris Wrote: There's absolutely nothing philosophical about it. If you have enough money to tell everyone to get stuffed, you might be free. If you don't, you have to suck up to certain people. Hence, no freedom. Single mother or father, slaving away at two jobs, no freedom. Minimal wages, no freedom. Billionaire, freedom.
Freedom is a commodity and a luxurious one at that. Maybe for someone living at a remote island, enjoying an alternative lifestyle, the definition may be differently. But in the Western world, it's money or rot in the streets.
That sounds like a pretty sad reality. There does seem to be a certain kind of slavery imposed on the poor and marginalized in society. Do you really think that the prospect of more money is the only hope those people have to live freely? Maybe I should ask what you think living freely means?
