Individual roads to freedom of society

in #philosophy6 years ago

Today it is Mother's Day in Finland, another one of those manufactured and unnecessary days that are rather meaningless yet, celebrated. Perhaps the increase in such events is a sign of how things are changing in the world. Yes, these are designed for consumption but, they are also indicative of how inorganic life has become, how scheduled and how without being reminded by advertisers, we are becoming even more self-absorbed.

The drive for individualism has overshot the mark and now, we live in a world with increasing disconnection and separation from community. We are becoming isolated from each other and wonder why we feel that our needs as humans aren't being met. We keep chasing more things to fill the void when all that is required is a little effort to close the gaps between who we are as one, and who we are as a group.

We live in a paradoxical world where we fight for the rights of others yet do not respect others, we desire for freedom yet cage ourselves in isolation and, we want to feel love yet, offer no love in return without expectation. Fighting is not justice, desire not free, limitation not love.

In this world of impression and materialism, appearance and the amount spent is what matters. Who we are and what we present to the world are too often unaligned and what we spend is an attempt to make up for all the things we are unwilling to offer of ourselves. In such a world, community is near impossible.

We like to blame society, technology, advertising, governments and banks but, it is us as individuals who have created and supported them out of our own complacency or, greed. We want it all. We want to be free but, we want to maximize our own value at the expense of others. And with everyone doing the same, none can have their freedom.

Freedom is not in the unlimited action of the individual, it is in the maximization of opportunity and flourishing of the group. Success isn't found in the achievement of the peaks, it is in the lifting of suffering from the lowest reaches. Freedom is found when we are uninhibited to give of ourselves all we can to the world, only then are the constraints that hold us back as a singular and a piece of the whole removed.

Watching how we behave and how we consume it is obvious we are still far from this point but, perhaps the generation to come will close the gap a little further and if they are fortunate, a lot further. It is our responsibility to provide them the best opportunity to live unencumbered by the shackles that have bound ourselves.

You are not alone, it is your responsibility for you are part of this society. like it or not.

Taraz
[ a Steemit original ]

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Middle class is essential for healthy nations and probably for the world as a whole. But the middle class is disappearing. It has lost most of it's appeal. A moderate life of service(which supports the results I think this post is looking for) is not something people strive for anymore.

"We like to blame society, technology, advertising, governments and banks but, it is us as individuals who have created and supported them out of our own complacency or, greed. We want it all. We want to be free but, we want to maximize our own value at the expense of others. And with everyone doing the same, none can have their freedom."

There is a difference between happiness and contentment.
Our efforts to be happy in the moment, are undermining our long term contentment.
The old fashioned values, so misunderstood and maligned by a post-modern world, still hold the keys to humanities success. It is a challenge to have old fashioned values with the amazing new technology available today.

There is a difference between happiness and contentment.
Our efforts to be happy in the moment, are undermining our long term contentment.

We have bought in deeply to a misunderstanding of the world, one that has been potentially intentionally misunderstood and presented as a truth - The pursuit of happiness.

As all thing in today's world have sprouted from a debt based monetary system, ...including non material things, so must the debt based banking system be dismantled... to dismantle all the other things.

All things are connected, all come from one place...

I'm not a hippy.
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As all thing in today's world have sprouted from a debt based monetary system, ...including non material things, so must the debt based banking system be dismantled... to dismantle all the other things.

As said, the systems we have built and support.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that feels this way. I wrote a very similar post today about essentially the same topic. I think yours is far more eloquent!

I don’t like my part in the group. Sadly...

I can't believe you are from Finland all theseci have been communicating with you through comments.

another one of those manufactured and unnecessary days that are rather meaningless yet, celebrated

I can't agree with you on the issue, it is actually celebrated all over the world, mother day is very important since our mother are our world without them there will be or no success for man for that they should be celebrated. There is this popular saying that the mind that worketh should always have time for refreshments. We can't forget that this life is just moment and we have to make an impact.

We keep chasing more things to fill the void when all that is required is a little effort to close the gaps between who we are as one, and who we are as a group.

I agree with you on this, it is just like we are chasing shadow and forget the right part.

Such is life brother, we don't always want to take responsibility for our actions and there by putting blame on others, aren't we the government? Is it not people that are there.
We have to think how we reason and remember that our individual differences must be meet if we are to change the world, but can we really change it? Well, time heals they say.

I can't agree with you on the issue, it is actually celebrated all over the world, mother day is very important since our mother are our world without them there will be or no success for man for that they should be celebrated.

If you need a day to remember the importance of mothers, you may not find them so important after all. My wife is important every day.

I get the point now, we All have different opinions and views on issues, whosoever has a convincing point wins, I agree with you now

^This^

I'm about to write a post inspired by this idea. It's been mulling around in my mind for a while, but thanks for bringing it back to the front of my conscious.

Happy mother's day to all women, these set of people are very powerful. Selfless, loving and have given alot to the happiness of people. They obviously need all the appreciation in this world.

Freedom is not in the unlimited action of the individual, it is in the maximization of opportunity and flourishing of the group.

People think freedom lies in the thought of having to do without limitation just anything they want. But when you don't use and maximize your potentials and opportunities, then you're not free as an individual

At least free from the shackles of laziness and blindness to opportunity.

Have a great day ahead Sir

The world has gone really social now with people setting goals for themselves based on what others around them are doing. With the popularity of social media people now base their happiness on achieving what others see as success. The concept of contentment is dead, now people dream and live someone else's life.

The society influence everything. For this reason, an individual barricades themselve hoping that the societal variables will determine their expression of freedom. They may not reach their potential if the society is their judge for expression.

So the expression of freedom is to make good use of opportunities to make a difference. It may not look as the regular thing to do.

Happy Mother Day..

I believe it is commercial madness. When I was involved in retail it was ridiculous. Maximize any opportunity. The year is divide up around these dates and it has got worse. Christmas was bad enough now everything seems to just overlap so there is always something to push next. The masses just lap it up I am afraid. Wouldn't be a big deal if everyone just bought a card but obviously they don't. The problem I have with it is the thought is fine but there is greed behind all of these things.

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