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b"Freedom is one of those words that is used daily and the reason for many wars but as far as we can see there is no satisfactory definition of it. The dictionary definition of being free to do what you want (as long as you do no harm) is as Jordan Peterson puts it the 2 year old definition and precisely why 2 year olds need parental supervision. Yet modern society and materialism accelerated by social media has turned most of us into 2 year olds as our self obsession erodes other values of religion culture ethics etc. We are then controlled subconsciously and to the exclusion of all else by this. Modern freedom for you. Indeed the American War of Independence and the French Revolution some scholars say led to less freedom as well established minimally intrusive structures with long tradition were replaced by democracy and mob rule descending into political correctness and wokeness where everything you utter risks causing offence and being sanctioned. That is indeed a less free society. Ofcourse you can't be free in the first place if you don't know who you are. The hardest question and the most enlightening I ask my patients is to tell me who they are. Their identity. Excluding occupation. This rarely makes it into people's grave stones. Once you know your identity that is the start of power, and freedom is being able to function according to your identity in a functioning close family and community. Ofcourse modern society does its best to erode the latter but every single person when coached properly and who discovers their identity discover power and freedom. Thanks to Tahra who explained how wearing the Hijab gave her freedom by removing the expectations to live up to certain norms valued by modern society accelerated by social media and allowed her to focus on her core identity of being a loving mother wife carer housewife and designer."