FREEDOMMM!!!

Hey so this post is based on one of the readings we had a couple weeks ago I was thinking about. It's about freedom, and my thoughts on our own freedom.
Yo, so here is the situation I am in the ARMY more specifically in the infantry. These folks are the most patriotic people I've ever spent time with. We all dawn the flag on your right shoulder, and we're all barrel chested FREEDOM FIGHTERS!! GAHHHHH!! No for real though, these guy are all about Merica, and they aren't afraid to hide it.
That also means they are incredibly biased. Many of them take on an idea that we're are the head of freedom, and we are the only ones with true freedom, and in many ways I feel like we have the the least freedom than most countries that boast freedom.
In many ways I feel like we are controlled by things, the need for acceptable food, and living conditions. The need for entertainment, the need for product, the need for social acceptance. My favorite quote from a video game that I've played is from 2k's Bioshock. The game takes place in a dystopian society that went into anarchy and fell apart. You arrive in a city and immediately is guided by a man on a radio, and he consistently gives you direction and purpose and has your character aid him in an attempt to take control of the city. The man you've spent all game trying to get to is Adam Ryan, and when you arrive, he gives you a speech about freedom and choice. A man chooses and a slave obeys. He than goes on to explain to you that the player has been a slave to the guiding voice all game. A man chooses and a slave obeys.
It's this ability to choose that makes us free, and being faced with choices that we make, these outside influences can hinder our ability to choose, and ultimately  hinder our freedom.