Freedom is not really free. We are not just given the freedom to do as we please. Freedom is something that we need to monitor, it is something that is worth fighting for, and it is something that is limited, even in a “free” country. If we are not careful, we will lose the freedoms we have. If we are wise, we will insist on freeing ourselves from limitations that do not harm others.
In Fahrenheit 451, Hamilton & Bradbury create a fictitious world set in the future where the people decide that they no longer wish to have books with text due to the adversity free thinking creates (48-50). People within the society believe that they will be happier if they all think the same way. They have firemen who burn books found in people's homes instead of putting gut fires. In Fahrenheit 451, the character Beatty states, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal (Bradbury 55). However, the people in this futuristic society are not happy despite the banning of books. Many take drugs to get through the days of mononity. If we do not monitor our freedom, here, in the United States, we may wind up victims of this “equal thinking” rationale.
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This year, Pelizzari reported on how the The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to change the net neutrality regulations to control what we see, read, write, and watch on the internet (1). It is important that U.S. citizens stay vigilant about fighting against government policies that will restrict our freedoms in any way, shape, or form. If we allow government agencies to further control our freedom to communicate, express, and locate information, we may wind up in the depressing dystopian society displayed in Fahrenheit