Shadee Elmasry – The Illusion of Freedom

We in the West, we always talk about, you know, freedom of choice

and individualism, but you actually make very, very few

choices in your life. Right? You don't choose who your parents are,

you don't choose where you're born, you don't choose your

ethnicity, you don't choose your nationality, your race, your,

where your family members are, you know, there's so many. And then

after growing up, your parents make a lot of choices for you

know, what schools you go to what homes you live in, and then that

affects your social circles, that affects your friends that affects

your job prospects. It affects everything. Really, when you tie

down, your choices in life are really, really very limited. And

your choice in life are ultimately are you going to believe or

disbelieve and are you going to obey or disobey somehow? That's

really what it comes down to. That's really ultimately comes

down to you don't really have any influence in everything on

anything else. You're just part of the system. You're sort of playing

a role in something that's already been laid out for you. And as

you're going through it, there's the choice comes up again and

again. Are you going to obey? Are you going to disagree?