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RE: Home alone, a five minute free write
Haha, a trip down memory lane for me too.
Most young people now would find it hard to believe. I remember the summer holidays when I was still quite young 7-9 years old, I would go out in the morning with my friends and we wouldn’t come home again until tea time. Nothing bad ever happened, no one was afraid, our parents weren’t worried.
There has been a culture of fear bred into people over the last 20-30 years which wasn’t there before, I feel sorry for the youth of today, they’ll never have the literal freedom we had as kids.
Absolutely true. We've been persuaded that in freedom lies danger and in surveillance and obedience to authority lies safety. We're only a few steps from love is hate and peace is war.
Yep, Orwell was only a few years out.