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If you give the world to someone who thinks that he has no freedom, he will think that he is not free anyway. Because he believed in that. What needs to be done is not to give him something, but to convince him that he is free. Because we are free when we believe that we are free. This thought may seem wrong at first sight according to the conventional classical world view. Our purpose is to break down the old-fashioned ideas. Have we not been deceived by believing that we are always free?Are not they slaves who cannot find the money to travel or people who cannot obtain visas to developed countries on the grounds that they are considered third world citizens despite being just like a slave and working hard. Are not they slaves and prisoners?
We are both a slave and a prisoner. But in spite of all these, we have to believe in our freedom and in a way, it's very easy. We can consciously apply the methods they use when they convince us that we are free. Freedom is a philosophical, political and physical dictionary. What I'm trying to tell is the existential meaning of freedom. We are free according to how motivated we are and how free we feel.

When we travel around the world, we are not free, we are someone who just travels the whole world. When we quit smoking, we're considered to be free. At least we will be free from our cigarette addiction.
On one side traveling around the world  and on the other side getting rid of cigarette addiction.Freedom is so close to us as you see. It's next to us. No matter where we are, no matter what we do, real freedom is internal and related to feelings.

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You can take what I am about to write and apply it to just about any political argument you want, and I am absolutely sure that some of you will think that you know exactly what I am talking about.

There are some who would argue that a human right extends to anything that a person wants to do. Because we all autonomous individuals, we have the right to do whatever we want. Of course, we voluntarily surrender those rights every day for matters of public safety. You have the theoretical right to drive your car 150 mph down the highway, but because of our commitment to the rule of law, we restrict our own rights for the safety of ourselves and other people.

The social contract we enter to abide by a speed limit (most of the time) does not mean that we are any less free to drive as fast as we want on the highway. Our theoretical freedom is not impinged it all by the social contract, but we mutually agree that we ought to be penalized for violating that law because we believe societally important to enforce speed limits or any other law you might want to enforce.

The existence of the law does not limit our freedom whatsoever. It is the consequences of breaking the law that potentially limit our freedom, but it is not because of the consequences themselves. Our freedom is limited because we find the consequences of a particular action undesirable, so we voluntarily decide not to engage in certain activities because we personally decide that it is not worth the consequences of violating the law.

I am free to violate the speed limit every day, but I don’t do that because I don’t like the consequences of paying for speeding tickets and eventually losing my driver’s license. If I am okay with those consequences and if violating the speed limit is that important to me, then the benefits outweigh the penalties, and I will engage in a particular activity.

With this understanding of freedom in mind and the fact that we are indeed free to do whatever we want but not free from the societally agreed-upon consequences that we, through our self-elected government, impose on ourselves, we have to be very careful when we make arguments that a particular bill, law, act or ruling is going to substantially limit our freedom.

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Freedom is a right for everyone. Someone has the right of freedom as much as others. There cannot be any difference. But also we should remember that this right shouldn't bother anyone. Because our freedom is limited by some other person's freedom. So first, we should be aware of the real freedom itself.

I want to mention about some kinds of freedom.

Freedom of thought

Everyone, actually, has this right. Everyone could tell about his thoughts. But unfortunately, sometimes, by a government or a group it is not allowed. I want to say a quotation of Jean Paul Sartre which i think it explains the case very well. "Being deprive of freedom of speech isn't about not telling the thoughts but about not thinking at all"

Freedom of live

Do the countries provide this right? At first, probably your answer is "YES". But what if we go further to this question? Unfortunately, sometimes it seems it is provided. But sometimes some minorities in some countries cannot live their life properly. They are not allowed to do somethings, like speaking in their native language or living according to their customs.

Lastly, i want to say something about freedom.
"Freedom is a right. It should be provided by the authorities. Someone should not be having to fight for it."

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1- The inspiration for the Liberty was Roman pagan goddess, Libertas.
2- Replicas of the structure has been erected everywhere in the world! The countries included are Pakistan, Taiwan, Malaysia, China and Brazil.
3- There are broken shackles of oppression and tyranny lies at the feet of the Statue.
4- During the completion of restoration in 1986, the flames of the torch were covered in 24k gold sheets.
5- The structure functioned as a lighthouse for 16 years before it was just a monument. It provided light up to 24 miles.

For all facts, you can check the link below:

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One of the most popular structures, The Statue of Liberty, was a gift to the United Nations Of America from the French. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel (The man behind the Eiffel Tower too!) and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The idea though, was proposed by Édouard René de Laboulaye, the president of the French Anti-Slavery Society and a prominent and important political thinker of his time.

Let's dig deep and know about some lesser known facts.

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18 Interesting Facts About Statue of Liberty

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One of the most popular structures, The Statue of Liberty, was a gift to the United Nations Of America from the French. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel (The man behind the Eiffel Tower too!) and dedicated on October 28, 1886.

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F ears are redundant when you have wings to fly
R ight in the middle of your heart, butterflies cry
E xclaim to get your soul back, at least you can try
E mpty your anger on the devil who is very sly
D ont attempt to steal my freedom one more time, you vile
O r else you will face with my slap which is ready to rile
M ore freedom means more fresh breath to live

Emre Çubuk

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Human rights declaration basically sets the base of freedom which every human being is entitled to live by. Every article of the declaration provides us the direction and rights to freedom in every part of our lives. These articles ensures us to define and claim the rights we have regarding a free life.

The power of the Universal Declaration is the power of ideas to change the world. It inspires us to continue working to ensure all people can gain freedom, equality and dignity.

Article 1
Free and equal
All human beings are born free and equal and should be treated the same way.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2
Freedom from discrimination
Everyone can claim their rights regardless of sex, race, language, religion, social standing, etc.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3
Right to life
Everyone has the right to life and to live in freedom and safety.

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4
Freedom from slavery
No one has the right to treat you as a slave nor should you enslave anyone.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5
Freedom from torture
No one has the right to torture you.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6
Right to recognition before the law
You should be legally protected in the same way everywhere like anyone else.

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7
Right to equality before the law
The law is the same for everyone and should be applied in the same manner to all.

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8
Access to justice
You have the right to obtain legal help and access the justice system when your rights are not respected.

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9
Freedom from arbitrary detention
No one can arrest or detain you arbitrarily , or send you away from your country unjustly.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10
Right to a fair trial
Trials should be public and tried in a fair manner by an impartial and independent tribunal.

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11
Presumption of innocence
You are considered innocent until it can be proved you are guilty according to law. If accused of a crime you have the right to a defence.

1Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

2No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12
Right to privacy
You have the right to protection if someone tried to harm your good name, enter your home without permission or interfere with your correspondence.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13
Freedom of movement
You have the right to leave or move within your own country and you should be able to return.

1Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.

2Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14
Right to asylum
If you are persecuted at home, you have the right to seek protection in another country.

1Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

2This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15
Right to nationality
You have the right to belong to a country and have a nationality.

1Everyone has the right to a nationality.

2No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16
Right to marriage and to found a family
Men and women have the right to marry when they are legally able without limits due to race, nationality or religion. Families should be protected by the Government and the justice system.

1Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

2Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

3The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17
Right to own property
You have the right to own things. No one has the right to illegally take them from you.

1Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

2No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18
Freedom of religion or belief
Everyone has the right to freely manifest their religion, to change it and to practice it alone or with others.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19
Freedom of Expression
Everyone has the right to think and say what they like and no one should forbid it.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek receive and impart information and ideas though any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 20
Freedom of assembly
You have the right to organize and participate in peaceful meetings.

1Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

2No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Article 21
Right to partake in public affairs
Everyone has the right to take part in their country’s political affairs and equal access to public service. Governments should be voted for regularly.

1Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

2Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.

3The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secrete vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22
Right to social security
Society should help individuals to freely develop and make the most of all advantages offered in their country.

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international cooperation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23
Right to work
Everyone has the right to work in just and favourable conditions and be free to choose your work with a salary that allows you to live and support family. Everyone should receive equal pay for equal work.

1Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

2Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.

3Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

4Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Article 24
Right to leisure and rest
Each work day should not be too long and everyone has the right to rest and take regular paid holidays.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25
Right to adequate standard of living
You have the right to have what you need so that you and your family do not go hungry, homeless or fall ill.

1Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including foods, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

2Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26
Right to education
You have the right to go to school, continue your studies as far as you wish and learn regardless of race, religion or country of origin.

1Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

2Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

3Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27
Right to take part in cultural, artistic and scientific life
You have the right to share the benefits of your community’s culture, arts and sciences.

1Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

2Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Article 28
Right to a free and fair world
To make sure your rights are respected, there must be an order that can protect them. This order should be global.

Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

Article 29
Duty to your community
You have duties toward the community within which your personality can fully develop. The law should guarantee human rights. It should allow everyone to respect others and to be respected.

1Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.

2In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.

3These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30
Rights are inalienable
No one, institution nor individual, should act in any way to destroy the rights enshrined in the UDHR.

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. https://www.un.org/en/

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The pair, prominent activists in the field of digital rights and censorship, have challenged more than 100 court decisions for blocking certain websites in Turkey. A handful of their petitions have been successful. For instance, when the Turkish government wanted to block access to Twitter and YouTube due to several videos and tweets that the authorities claimed were illegal, Akdeniz and Altiparmak took these cases to the Constitutional Court of Turkey and the ECHR. The latter ruled that both decisions were a violation of freedom of expression and that the ban should be removed. In this case, the Turkish authorities respected the ECHR’s decision and the ban on Twitter and YouTube was lifted. Akdeniz said that taking the government to court was important, even though not every case could be won. “The government sees the internet as its last battleground and the pressure will not cease any time soon,” he said. “That’s why fighting censorship in court is very important. Even if we don’t achieve any results, a record will remain of the enormous scale of the internet censorship we are witnessing in Turkey today.” The Turkish government currently blocks more than 220,000 Internet sites and more than 150,000 URLs. Şevket Uyanık, from the Common Knowledge and Communication Association, also warned that internet censorship had become routine. “Our society has accepted censorship and auto-censorship as something normal and that is really worrying,” he said. “Instead of fighting censorship, people are finding a way around it, with the help of VPN or other services, but that’s not enough.” Just a few years ago, continued Uyanik, things were very different. When a law was introduced that handed control over the internet to the government in 2011, tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul to protest against it. In just a few years, internet censorship had become normalized, Uyanik continued. “Even though 220,000 Internet sites have been blocked in Turkey, and more than 100 people are taken into police custody every month to be questioned about something they wrote on social media, the Turkish public remains silent,” he concluded. According to a statement issued by the Turkish ministry of interior, in just one week – between November 12 and 19, 2018 – they investigated the owners of 324 social media accounts and initiated legal action against 280 of them. Uyanik warned that without a unified fightback, the situation would only deteriorate.

A public opinion from quora:

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When two members of the banned terrorist group DHKP-C kidnapped a district attorney from his office in İstanbul in 2015, they posted photos of their hostage held at gunpoint on popular image-sharing website imgur.com. The kidnappers and their victim, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, were all killed in the subsequent rescue attempt. Later that year, in what has become a familiar pattern for followers of Ankara’s increasing restrictions on freedom of speech, a Turkish court banned the entire Imgur.com website. Since 2014, many websites and social media platforms have been periodically proscribed or restricted by the authorities, who cite counter-terror measures. Wikipedia, for instance, has been completely blocked by the Turkish government since April 2017 after content alleging the Turkish government supported militant groups in the middle east appeared on the site and could not be removed. People in Turkey can now access Wikipedia only through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) – a service that protects private web traffic and hides one’s online actions. Activists are attempting to challenge this policy through the courts, warning that internet censorship is becoming an unremarkable fact of everyday life in Turkey. Yaman Akdeniz, a law professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, and Kerem Altıparmak, a human rights activist and law professor who recently resigned from Ankara University, are currently suing the government over the Imgur.com case. “Blocking the whole website because of one image is against both Turkey’s constitutional court and ECHR [European Court of Human Rights] decisions, and a measure that is way too harsh,” Akdeniz said.
The video below expresses the new law on Internet use in Turkey.

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The answer to this question is sadly no. People from different regions of the world have different fates regarding the right of freedom. The definition of freedom has vast elements but even the basic definition is too luxurious for many societies due to many reasons but mostly because of despotic governments or traditional life styles that are dictated to the members of certain societies.
So here are the results of a survey which was conducted to determine the level of freedom in the world.
The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaningful set of countries. The Index covers 162 countries for 2016, the most recent year for which sufficient data are available, and it includes three countries—Belarus, Iraq, and Sudan—that were added this year. The index ranks countries beginning in 2008, the earliest year for which a robust enough index could be produced.

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom, the average human freedom rating for 162 countries in 2016 was 6.89. Among countries included in this year’s and last year’s report, the level of freedom decreased slightly (−0.01) compared with 2015, with 63 countries increasing their ratings and 87 decreasing. Since 2008, the level of global freedom has also decreased slightly (−0.06), with 56 countries in the index increasing their ratings and 81 decreasing.

The jurisdictions that took the top 10 places, in order, were New Zealand, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark (tied in 6th place), Ireland and the United Kingdom (tied in 8th place), and Finland, Norway, and Taiwan (tied in 10th place). Selected countries rank as follows: Germany (13), the United States and Sweden (17), Republic of Korea (27), Japan (31), France and Chile (32), Italy (34), South Africa (63), Mexico (75), Kenya (82), Indonesia (85), Argentina and Turkey (tied in 107th place), India and Malaysia (tied in 110th place), United Arab Emirates (117), Russia (119), Nigeria (132), China (135), Pakistan (140), Zimbabwe (143), Saudi Arabia (146), Iran (153), Egypt (156), Iraq (159), Venezuela (161), and Syria (162).

Out of 10 regions, the highest levels of freedom are in North America (Canada and the United States), Western Europe, and Oceania. The lowest levels are in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Women-specific freedoms, as measured by seven indicators in the index, are strongest in North America, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and are least protected in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia.

Countries in the top quartile of freedom enjoy a significantly higher average per capita income ($39,249) than those in other quartiles; the average per capita income in the least-free quartile is $12,026.

The Index also finds a strong relationship between human freedom and democracy. Hong Kong is an outlier in this regard. The findings in the HFI suggest that freedom plays an important role in human well-being, and they offer opportunities for further research into the complex ways in which freedom influences, and can be influenced by, political regimes, economic development, and the whole range of indicators of human well-being.

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"Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint, and the absence of a despotic government." This is the definition of freedom according to international laws. But here are the definitions of 15 New Yorkers when they are asked about their own ideas of freedom. These answers are more real than any law can explain the term freedom.

Fifteen Definitions of Freedom from #OccupyWallStreet

Occupy Wall Street, Sunday, October 2nd, 2011, New York City.

If you want to know what someone is thinking, ask them.  And nothing quite cuts to the political chase more than asking someone what the word “freedom” means to them.

I decided to ask 15 random people at Occupy Wall Street in New York what the word “freedom” means to them.  Here are their answers:

One: “Freedom is bound up with the idea of possibilities.  The idea of limitless possibilities is the ideal of limitless freedom.  The idea that anything is potentially possible, that’s what freedom means.  And historically there have been very few people that have been allowed to have the kinds of possibilities that would allow them to be free.  Society has progressed more and more people have been allowed to be free.  But we still live in a state of unfreedom.  Society does not live for its own sake, autonomously.  It is still bound to something external to itself that structures it.  The goal of history and transforming society must be to make these possibilities available to everyone.”

Two:  “Revolution means freedom from necessity.”

Three:  “Freedom is me living my life however I want to.  I’m going to be crippled by student debt.  My tuition keeps going up.  The ability to do what I want with my life, without the confines of debt, without the confines of politics, without the confines of anything else.  Because money really does control everything, and in our society that money is controlled by a very few.  We are basically, I wouldn’t say we are controlled by them, but we are oppressed by them.”  (This person is 19, and expects to graduate with $40,000 in student debt.)

Four:  “Being able to have enough activities, friends and the social basis of self-respect so that you can make meaning out of your life.”

Five:  “Freedom is the freedom to participate in the political process.  America is meant to be governed by the people, and I feel that our political process has reached such an effective low point that I’m out here standing in the rain to try and participate.  Meanwhile I feel that corporations don’t have to stand out here in the rain to participate in our political process, and that’s freedom.”

Six:  “Freedom means freedom from necessity, freedom to do what you want without having to sell yourself in order to survive.  Freedom to express who you are through whatever you want to do without any forces stopping you.”

Seven:  “Freedom is your ability to carry out what you want to do, but at the same time I feel that we are living in a fully interactive environment where we are effected by everything around us, which is also helping dictate what we do – by whatever forces, the weather, other people, anything. True freedom is a great fight but I think it isn’t fully possible.”

Eight:  “Realization of human potentiality.”

Nine:  “Freedom means the unlimited transformability of all things humans into things beyond human.  The unimaginable frontiers of human destiny that we have given up largely to our own discredit.”

Ten:  “I think that freedom is your ability to carry out what you want to do.  It’s not just about your social freedom, it is also about economic freedom.  If you are always working for a boss, you don’t have freedom either.  Freedom is always that you’re emancipated from your physical necessities and your mental baggage.”

Eleven:  “Freedom means the ability to speak your mind, to live your life free of worrying about how you’ll pay your next bill or whether you’ll have a roof over your head.”

Twelve:  “Freedom to me is when people have a voice.  Corporations are not people.   Freedom is when we can walk in our communities and feel safe, when people can go to public universities and not have to go into debt.  So not only so they can get the careers they want, but so they can be productive people in society.  To me freedom is that we don’t have to worry about the water, about the air, about what is going to happen to our grandchildren.  I have five grandchildren, and I’m really concerned that they’re not going to experience freedom.  Here in this country I have freedom to protest, to speak out, but fundamentally I don’t have freedom to change policy.  And the policies of this country are becoming more and more, it isn’t just right-wing, but it is more and more about corporate power. Freedom is that collectively we have a voice and can make a change.  And it’s a change we don’t know what it is going to look like, and it might not be a straight line, but freedom is for us to carve out.”

Thirteen:  “Live your life as you see fit, making your own decisions to the best of your knowledge and ability.”

Fourteen:  “Freedom means being able to do something like this [Occupy Wall Street], like being able to question the government, like being able to speak our minds, like being able to march across a bridge if we want to and not get arrested.  Just because it’s a mass group of people doesn’t mean it’s harmful or dangerous.  Freedom also means that we can be able to be heard by our government, because they are supposed to be here for us.  Citizens are supposed to be the main foundation of a country and I feel like that our freedom is being shat on because we aren’t being heard.  Now is a time for everyone to join and speak up, because if there are more voices there’s more of a chance to be heard and something changing.”

Fifteen:  “Liberation.”

An anti-demands, anti-policy argument, from their status board comments above:  “Making ‘demands’ puts your happiness under someone else’s control.”

If you haven’t been, it is a good time.  Random people were quite smart, energetic to discuss and share, and excited about the presence and possibilities of the occupations.  Something about how it is open-ended and the timing – it now looks like it will be high unemployment indefinitely, while elites and the government are unwilling to act on anything other than austerity fantasies – gives it even more of a spark.