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 Understand that not everyone values freedom.

For a lot of people freedom can be stifling. This is because there's an inbuilt assumption that given freedom, you have to make optimal choices to make that freedom worthwhile and in that space of decisions making is a deep anxiety, one that blames you for any bad choices you make. 
 We call those people poor. 
 💯.  These type of people infest the state bureaucracy which is why I really care about separation of money and state. 
 You cannot have freedom with taking responsibility. 
 So true. Also, since people aren't used to having freedom they feel rushed to take advantage of it before it disappears and in the process take a path that may not be optimal for them.  
 Maybe people will relax when they realise we do not have the free will to choose anything. 
 Maybe people will relax when they realise we do not have the free will to choose anything.