Hi, my dear apathetic drones fiery fighters for freedom! Thursday was
a big holiday in my country, especially in
my town. It commemorated the only time we had the guts
to do something that was right - totally on our own, against all odds, and in defiance of
everybody else's interests. And then to stand by it and
stake everything to defend it. "
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Who knows with those vague Balkanites...
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Indeed you were.
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Certain people (regular posters on this forum) will tell me that I'm a delusional fool for valuing free will, or thinking that I have any control what-so-ever over my fate. They may even be right.
But if you abdicate responcbility for your own circumstances, where does that leave you?
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If you're going to say something like this, you better be able to substantiate it, or else you'd be called out on making shit up.
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I'm like..."fuck, I am a slave." :(
I hate it when reality slaps you like that.
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To say that slaves were simpletons or that people didn't have to know a good deal about crops, agriculture, caring for livestock, weather & other topics in order to survive in that era is a mistake.
I suspect those alive today may well be less capable of making decisions than those of previous eras. What do people do? They go to work at some mundane and boring job. Most of which do not require them to make choices or think independently, much less use their imagination. If they make a mistake at worst they lose their job and have to find another one.
In past eras, if people made a mistake planting their crops at the wrong time or in the wrong place, they would starve to death. It was much more important that they make the correct decisions and be competent in their actions than it is today, as the world was a far less forgiving place.
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That's very true, btw.
> To say that slaves were simpletons
I do recall very clearly having said they weren't dumb.
> I suspect those alive today may well be less capable of making decisions than those of previous eras
Now you've approached somewhat closer to my point.
However, I'm not talking about the decisions when and where to plant crops. They knew pretty much anything they needed to known in order to supply themselves with food and shelter; indeed they probably knew much more than your average schmuck does today. That's not the point. The point is, when presented with a crucial choice like A) Return home to your previous way of life or B) Return to Rome and try to be like the Romans, they took the crazy bold option. Either because they had overestimated themselves, or they had underestimated their former masters, or simply they were just too hungry and preferred to risk everything but plunge into the ( ... )
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And then again, there isn't such a thing as complete freedom. That's an utopia, and is probably not even too recommendable.
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No rules, free for all, anarchy, etc. Dissolution of society.
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