Government and Its Control
Even though the government should have some control over its citizens, it should not be absolute control. Citizens should be free, and the cant have any rights restricted from them. However, that does not mean there should be rules. If there are no laws, communities would have no order and they would be chaotic. There should be democracy, because if rules are chosen by leaders and not citizens, some citizens may not follow them.
Is Truman Free?
Take for example The Truman Show. The government (Christof) has too much control over its citizens (Truman). Trumans life is planned since he is born until his death. Just imagine being in a world that has no danger, no harm, but not freedom. As soon as Truman realizes that he really cant make any choices, he decides to escape. There is no ¨fun¨ living in a world like that
Final Thoughts
But how would Trumans life would have been if there were no rules. He would have probably died now. He drives like crazy, drives through fire, even sail a ship into a storm the size of the entire ocean, how would he not die? So maybe having someone controling him wasnt as bad as he thought. As my final opinion, I believe that rules are needed, but freedom is too.
