Global Political and Social Awareness - The Western Concept of Freedom
Freedom is a concept that has been in the collective minds of people for as long as we can remember. It is the ultimate luxury of great living because it provides us with everything for a bountiful and successful lifestyle. So many people dream of having it. The ones who have it and were born with it, know well how good things are. But the idea of freedom has changed quite a bit in modern times. People have begun perceiving it differently than others which is causing a lot of confusion within a society. Let us take a close look at the idea of freedom and what it means to different people. For many centuries, freedom was a dream that couldn't be reached. Global populations were governed strictly by control which has been associated with brutal regimes, Absolutism, the Divine Right of Kings, Totalitarianism and Autocracy. Only a privileged few enjoyed freedom to a certain degree, such as elites, but even they did not taste the full potential of this luxury. The ones who did were the ...