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mk · 3494 days ago · link · · parent · post: If You Don't Know You Are Held Captive, Does It Matter?
It's interesting to consider Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, and the tree of knowledge in this context. From a certain perspective, we are captive by our physicality, by our material goods and our ability to get more, and by our mortality. It seems the question comes down to whether or not a will was exerted upon us. We don't consider our lifespan to be captivity, even if it is shorter than average as long as it wasn't imposed upon us. But if someone does something to shorten our life, or to reduce the quality of it, then it starts to look like captivity. Are drafted soldiers captives, even if they believe in the cause behind the war? Does it matter that more of them would resist if they were older, with more life experience and children?