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What is your idea of human freedom? Do you understand it as independent of ecological context? My idea of freedom does not relate to the ecological context, at least not in this moment. This is because of what shaped me as a person, and the experiences that I have had. I believe that freedom is inherently personal, as an idea.
It is not something that can be shared – no two people would have the exact same notion of what freedom is. This is because each person relates to it in a different manner, because of the interactions that he has with the environment when he grows up. For one, it may simply mean the ability to a simple action, like walking – for others, it may mean having all the money in the world.
My notion of freedom is simple – it is the ability to do what I want to do when I want to do it, without having to obtain the permission of anyone it does not affect. This is easier said than done, though. Our interactions mostly lead to obligations, which then become constraints – and breaking free of those constraints is what I hope to gain, from freedom. There are multiple facets to freedom, in this case. The most obvious one is financial freedom – the world has become so transactional that everything revolves around the financial capability, and one cannot do what he wants without having the money. I learnt that having to rely on my parents for funding placed me under an obligation to obey what their opinions were, and this was undermining my freedom – I no longer had control over my life. This made try and be free at least financially, and I took my first step towards attaining what I think freedom means.
So why is my notion of freedom not related to ecology? It is mainly because I had few profound interactions with nature and the earth when I grew up. I was always taught that money is all-powerful, having been part of a financially weak family. That idea eventually seeped into my mind, and capitalism was imbibed deeply in my psyche. I never thought about the implications of what making money is, and how unsustainable the methods of making money currently are. I recently learnt that 100 MNCs are collectively responsible for more than 70% of the carbon emissions in the world and are collectively responsible for taking the world to the cleaners. So, I think that the idea that I have about freedom is becoming more inclusive about the ecological perspective, and shifting away from the typically capitalist one.
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