The Power of Choice
Comparing our minor inconveniences to the suffering of imprisoned animals is not a sign that we are now finally understanding their plight, but rather a testament of how truly disconnected we are from their reality. Even as social media blows up with posts proclaiming “Now we understand”, I’m actually witnessing people enjoying a liberation they didn’t even seek; with far more people outside engaged in physical activity than I can ever remember. But even in the case of strictly enforced lockdowns in which people actually stay home, they are still in their homes, surrounded by their things, their comforts, their sources of entertainment, the same location that was already CHOSEN to spend the majority of free time. But what we truly take for granted is something we rarely even consider. Quietly and perhaps subconsciously comforting us in the backs of our minds is the knowledge that we still have a choice. Free will. We could disobey, whatever the consequences might
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