RE: Bad with, worse without [WOTW]
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It's an interesting story. Queen 2 felt Queen 1 was the oppressor but was she? I think Queen 2 was the oppressor. Instead of teaching her fellow bees about the freedom she sought her own interests and turned many bees away from Queen 1. The bees that blindly followed her paid for her greed with their lives.
Queen 1 must have been devastated, but we'll never know. Their frailty was a consequence of Queen 2's greed.
And government? Perhaps the government in this story was the one trying to rise upon the back of another (Queen 1).
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This was pretty much my take on the situation.
For me, the story highlights the impact of freedom and how it can be a two-edged sword. One can be free from oppression but held captive by their flaws and shortcomings. The supposed queen 2 wanted her fellow bees to be free without offering some form of structure. Most of these bees have lived within the confines of the system created by the supposed oppressive queen and moving away from it proved challenging.
I probably would have preferred a different twist to the story. I do not believe freedom can be all damning. I believe people can try and thrive exposing new things, at least a few who exposure other alternatives and we should encourage that
For sure!
I didn't want to condemn freedom. In fact, I'm in favor of picking her up. But, seek wisely and have the idea that achieving your own freedom requires more effort and work than when you are stuck in the "system". That's why many people give up midway and go back to the same old