I agree that many of us were free even on those totalitarian times, but there were also people who died so we can have what we have now. “Internal” freedom without “external” action is useless…

In my view freedom has nothing to do with the time, the place or the regime someone lives in… but more to their personal, internal choice of how someone views the world and assess all the situations. Like you, I grew under communism and I have to confess there were lots of good things (as well as bad things). But I would not trade not even one day from my life as a child or teenager under communism for anything in the world – and that’s it because they are all part of who I am today (and I am proud of that).

My point is that real freedom comes from inside (it’s like happiness). And that I am more concerned of the limitations, censorship and constraints my mind and my heart throws back to me, rather than what society does…