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 I’d say that freedom only exists in solitude 

Solo or alone, whatever term you prefer 

Interesting how real freedom = isolation 

The philosopher’s dilemma 
 You can reach agreements through mutual respect and make freedom grow. 
Pockets of Freedom will take over the world. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScpHTIi-kM 
 Not with the goal of the game being “collect the highest amount of coins”…. Ever. There’s only ever one winner in monopoly. 
 The points represent chances of a positive outcome. They symbolize the nature of cooperation. 
I'd agree that that part of the experiment is not presented in a very illustrative way on this video. 
Took me a couple minutes wrap my head around it at the beginning. 
For example, working on car washing gets exponentially easier the more workers help each other. If they do the job separately it becomes a tedious and inefficient process. You can measure how much time you can save by cooperating. 
The number of points given to each action are arbitrary but based on real life situations.  
 I would agree. We are truly free only in the realm of our mind, the only thing we have complete control over.

Two can't think in the same mind, so this freedom is only experienced by one, alone.

But if you have two who practice freedom of mind, they can be free together.