Write in essay form. are we free to make our own choices in life, or are our decisions always limited by the rules of society?

Are we free to make our own choices in life ?

Since we were little we have been indirectly forced to obey the societal rules that exist upon as

Goes to school, obey your teacher, obey your parents, follow the authorities, etc

After doing this for a prolonged period of time, we will be subconsciously wired to think that everything that we do must always be aligned to the things that the society marked as "acceptable"

But the thing is , we don't have to.

Many Great inventors were condemned as an outcast in society. Thomas Alpha Edison , Albert Einstein, even Bill Gates. But the thing that separate these great people from the rest of societies is their capability to see what other's couldn't.

Of course at the beginning, people told them that they're wrong in pursuing their vision. But each of these people never gave up on their belief and finally able to shut those who may have  insulted them at the beginning

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