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Are we truly free?

"To see what is in front of one's own nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell.

A project called "Creating Freedom" collects various essays, films, and other work of art to discuss the subjects of power, control and freedom. (http://www.creatingfreedom.info/)
From Howard Zinn to Steven Pinker, "Creating Freedom" has consolidated interviews from investigative journalists, historians, psychologists, and more.

The trailer of the film The Lottery of Birth raises the question as to whether we are really free.

Is freedom an absolute, or a relative, condition?
Does freedom truly exist, or is it simply an ideological concept humans created to consolidate the restricted nature of our lives?

Are we truly free?

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    Amaterasu Solar

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    Apr 11 2012: If We can free Ourselves of the need for money, We will be free. Presently, money allows the control of Others by a power elite. The way to free Ourselves from the need for money is to replace what money represents with an abundant source. Money represents meaningful energy expended in an energy-scarce society. Add abundant free energy and the need for money dissipates. Add robots for any necessary work no One WANTS to do, and the need for money vanishes.

    Though there are many suppressed and hidden means to extract free energy, the best one in My view is electrogravitics, which was pulled into the black projects in the late 1950's. It is clean, offered gravity control (flying cars, baby!), and is negentropic (negative entropy). And it can provide overunity (free energy).

    I started a petition to call for the release of electrogravitics technology, and it can be found through My blog piece, The End of Entropy (which deals mainly with social entropy), which can be accessed through My profile here.

    Until We free Ourselves of the control of the few, We will NOT be free.
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      Eun A Jo 10+

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      Apr 12 2012: Hi Amaterasu.
      Sounds like you're up to some meaningful work!

      I got the impression from your remark that you believe freedom is something to be acquired through our constant struggle of control.

      Do you believe there is any sort of natural freedom that we have regardless of the presence of such constricting elements such as law or money, etc?

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