Freedom is one of the vital factors for all living beings. There are many forms of freedom in different societies of mankind in different eras on our planet. Freedom itself as a phenomenon of value only came to our mind when man realized that it was missing. As the first humans on the planet lived in hollows and hunted during the day and made fires at night, they did not think about freedom because it had no meaning yet. Only when one was in captivity did the concept of freedom come into being. With the evolution of mankind, the needs for freedom take different forms. The more civilization developed, the more freedoms were violated. Or if mankind had fought for freedom, it had also received it, but then the violation of other freedoms came to the appearance.
Unfortunately, some of the freedoms that have long since been clarified are still missing in our time. In many countries one still yearns for democracy, for freedom of opinion, and many others…
Especially now, when we live in the age of social media, the violation or even the disappearance of Democratic Freedom threatens us: The human being is analyzed, manipulated, and exposed on the basis of his own data in social networks.
In Netflix-Doku about Cambridge Analytica you can see how politicians (and other large corporations) use our data for their profits. The film is recommendable!
I have personally admired for years the few people who have not been infected by the social networks from the beginning and have not made use of them.
One day I dream of becoming one of them. Today, unfortunately, I cannot afford this luxury. Until then there are still many years ahead of me… Every slavery has its own endurance…
By Niki Nazemi