Freedom And Hardline Thinking

Freedom is something that is of paramount importance to every living being. Freedom is the sense of being expressive about one's feelings whether it be of individuals or of societies. Since the dawn of human race, countless lives have been laid on the line to defend something so awesome and which cannot be expressed in words, something so beautiful and something so mystical, something so priceless that one's life doesn't weigh heavier and something without which life would be a barren wilderness.This invisible thing only uttered from the lips of men and which can be felt in it's own light is 'freedom'.

Throughout the history of mankind there have been countless struggles to win freedom. Civilizations that didn't allow freedom have slipped into oblivion and infamy.The world now stands divided between free nations and those that are not, even though they are sovereign. There are nations continuously pushing towards greater freedom of their people while there are those nations that believe freedom for their people will not see them scaling the heights of communal success(China). But, it is to be noted that history is full of instances where societies have imploded owing to a perennial build up of discontentment.

It is an irony that the communists rose up to fight against inequality and ended up squashing the people they liberated. We have to ask ourselves why this happened, after all, the communists were dreaming of a world where there is mo master and no slave,no condescending giver and an inferior taker. The hands that toiled for and built the great pyramids of Egypt of course should equally share the glory their designers are attributed. So, why did the communists fall? what went so terribly wrong with the Utopian dream? The answer lies with the human tendency to take to extremes when there are insurmountable odds to be faced.

I have, in the past many years come across people who say India needs iron fist dictators to rid it of all it's aliments. I have, always terribly disagreed with them, well I believe a nation belongs to it's people and not to a single person. Erstwhile Soviet Union is the best example for this. The Russian revolution was spearheaded by men from different schools of thought, as is evident from the crushing of the Kronstadt Rebellion(which wanted democracy for Russia) and exiling and killing of Leon Trotsky. Russians were under the most severe conditions imaginable for a country that is so rich in every natural resource, most people in the revolution wanted drastic and long lasting changes and most believed that hardliners were an answer. They were all wrong, as is evident from the course of history. There's one crucial aspect people tend to forget, HOW LONG WOULD A FEW IRON MEN REMAIN SANE AND NON-PARANOID TO RUN A NATION WITHOUT PUTTING IT'S PEOPLE TO PERIL?? The answer is they will not for long, there should always be change in leadership and people should decide the course. Stalin simply believed that he was best for Russia and saw all others as a threat to Russian progress, he was right from his perspective, until he had gone paranoid and insane to send millions of people to Gulags and planting the roots for discontent that blasted out after Gorbachev decided to loosen the grip slightly. And then there are the North Korean people who were coaxed into believing that they are the most developed nation in the world by their leaders.

All people of all nations should have a say in deciding their destiny. Freedom will nurture stability and guarantee that no one is crushed under the burden of insanity of a few powerful people. Free people can contribute more to their nations and to the world, after all, there have been uncontainable rebellions for lack of freedom and long lasting stability in countries like those in Europe and North America, possible only because of their free societies.