A System of Freedom

On Thursday we talked about this idea of freedom. But, Professor Perry showed that there are many different ideas of freedom. The way freedom was shown this time was through a video about outsourcing. To summarize, it talked about how companies would move from area to area finding where they could employ people for the least amount of money. Then when the demand grew for higher wages the company would just pack up and move to another area of poverty. So the question is, are these people free or are they enslaved by the system. It almost seems that the people are not free because of how the system works. If work comes to a place and offers you money for work, then you are most likely going to work because the money is a necessity. And most of the people that worked in these areas had families that consisted of an average around 7 to 9 people. And if these people decide that they don’t want to work then they can’t provide for themselves or others that depend on them. So I again I find that these people as slaves to the system. Another reason I think it seems like this is because companies target these people that live in these areas. So in a way the people that own the companies are employing these people before they even decide whether they want to work or not. Putting all these facts together it looks like these people freedom is in control of the companies that employ them. This freedom seems to be a decision. The freedom of making decisions and making life choices is being given to the people that own the businesses.