Sovereignty and liberty

When people feel oppressed, when the experience is that there is a set of rules for one class that gives them privileges that are beyond the access of other classes, the longing for liberty and freedom becomes ever louder.
Yet so many of us in the common or underclass conflate and confuse words like sovereignty and liberty, reaching for them as you would reach for a sword, yet finding that the sword is blunt and we have not been trained to use it.
Liberty and the libertarians call for freedom to do whatever we want. Which literally translates into liberty for some, absent any relational obligation to others.
Freedom’s complementary pair is responsibility. The ultimate irony. And paradox. An immature human response is to demand liberty and freedom regardless.
Sovereignty pairs with accountability. How do I bring my agency to life while also acknowledging that nothing happens in a vacuum? I need relationship and community to get out of bed, wash and make breakfast.
Growing up requires us to understand the price of freedom. To know the cost paid to access it by so many others before us. We act as responsible citizens. Always.
Not my freedom at the cost of yours. Not my liberty that deprives others of liberty.
Not sovereignty that quashes community, synergy and relationships.
Our ultimate freedom comes when we recognise in every moment our right to choose how we respond. Our ultimate sovereignty comes when we know and remember who we are as a whole and a part of a larger whole.

Photo taken January 15th 2023

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