Free will?

You hear people say that they really don't like that the state decides how they shold live their lives, do with their money etc. I have a simple question to all of these people: Do you really think that you are free even if the state didn't have the authorities it has with the means to make you behave in a certain way?



People know what is best for themselves right and how to do that?



So, that means that you are completely free to do the choices you want and DO it? That would have to mean that you are never affected of how much one should weight, never buy the magazines to get all the tips how to lose those extra pounds to fit in that tiny bikini or look good in that white, slim T-shirt that brings out those perfect biceps, what brands to wear/use, what perfume to use, what haircut to have, what colour of the couch should be, what job has the highest status, what car to drive and the colour of it, where you go to vacation, the food you give to your guests, what disco/bar is the best, what mobile to use, what it says on the paper bag with white handles, who big you apartment/house/garden is, who many Cd's you've got, who made the painting you've got in the living room...sorry, how much it is worth in $, how often you go out to eat, how big the rock is on your finger.



If you actuallt tried to exsercis your free will (in the areas that the government hasn't got any power)

So until you can convince me that you never affected by the commercials and outer pressure for what to think, wear, say and do, don't come and say that you are surpressed by the state.



Some small, last notes: I personally have a sand coloured couch, I'd like to have a silver metallic car when buying one, I have one of the latest SonyEricsson mobile phones with one of the better headsets (not bluetooth though), I'd like to buy a really good camera soon (which probably will cost me a few thousands), I'm looking for a better job that has better status than the non-qualified that I have now (although it because I'd like to have one that is actually something that interests me), I love buying new clothes and get more and more things of the one that I find nice/amusing.



If I wanted, I could try to tell myself that I have/want/do all these thing jus because I WANT to but it takes me about 1 minute to realize that that is just a lie. Where the line goes exact beteween what I want and what others make me believe I want just isn't that clear as I'd like to. On the other hand, I