by Yonat Vaks

What is freedom as a human experience? Is the desire for freedom something inherent in human nature? Is it an identical experience regardless of what kind of culture a person lives in? Why is it then for many a cherished goal and for others a threat?

Freedom is so personal to our sense of self, that it is also the most controversial to define. Humanity and culture have developed from societies with centralized powers and little individual freedom into growing decentralized ways of governance and distribution of information. For much of human history, people thought of freedom not as protecting individual rights but as ensuring self-rule and the just treatment of all. The rise of modernity brought about the triumph of a new idea of liberty. Today most people think of freedom as a matter of individual liberties and, in particular, of protection from the intrusions of big government and the state.

This quest has become so deeply rooted in the human experience that many symbols, Gods and stories have been devoted to convey it.

The founding fathers and the Statue of Liberty all invite you to their tea party. The American Revolution is one of the biggest symbols in the fight for freedom and individual liberty. It wasn´t perfect though as liberty for all wasn´t completely acheived, some people were left on the other side of the fence. The Libertas coin, the coin of the people, the Bitcoin bags and the Cuckoo bird invite us to reflect.