What freedom?
They faced immense opposition. The hostility towards them went beyond words. Some of them shed blood. Some even died.
They died, they bled, they suffered for what they believed in. What they beleived was that it was only right that their people should be free.
Their death would not be in vain, said some. The blood they shed would not be wasted, said some. They grieved and they mourned and they took up the struggle for freedom until they felt the battle was won. Until they thought they had finally received their freedom.
And then …
The first generation remembered the cost and sought to uphold the spirit of the struggle to establish life in freedom. The second generation heard the stories of the struggle, but wanted more to reflect the state of freedom they had. The third generation felt that their struggle was different. It was no longer that struggle, it was the struggle to prosper and remain prosperous. It was why they weren’t prospering unlike some of their neighbours. It was how they could work with some of the neighbours, even utilise some of the tactics, maybe even establish a degree of dominance over those who could be amenable to the cause.
When the fourth generation came along, they learn the history lessons about some distant struggle for some idea of what they were to be. Those lessons were taking place alongside policies and movements to decide what to do to help their situation whether to struggle in independence or establish certain partnerships that might eat into some of their freedom. The very question of the definition of freedom in the fourth generation was different to the question that caused the life-loss and bloodshed of the first generation.
It’s a question that is not just something that crosses over generations. It’s a question that faces cultures within each generation. The answer to that question goes a long way to determine their outlook.
What freedom?
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Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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Great post 🙂