What is the nature of human freedom? Does such a thing exist? Do you and I have any more freedom than North Koreans? (Wikipedia on North Korea.)
It was mentioned in a class yesterday (by a professor I highly respect) that those sent to Auschwitz had no less freedom than we do; their illusion of freedom was just taken away. Do we live under an illusion of freedom? Are we really no more and no less free than they were? Their lives and deaths were controlled by guards; our lives are controlled by societal forces and traditions. We don't know any more than they did when we're going to die. We don't have control over it, unless we set a date and do it ourselves, and even then, does that constitute freedom? To have that small amount of control over something that's going to happen to you anyway?
I submit that North Koreans simply live under a different illusion than we do.
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