{"id":15704,"date":"2018-04-04T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15704"},"modified":"2018-03-29T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T21:00:41","slug":"open-space-we-need-to-be-told-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/04\/04\/open-space-we-need-to-be-told-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Space<\/em>: We need to be told what to do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing up, being told what to do by your parents was always the worst. (Honestly, it still is.) But as I\u2019ve grown up, I\u2019ve learned more and seen things about the world that I just wasn\u2019t aware of as a youngster. They say with great power comes great responsibility; once you hit the age of 19 here in BC, you\u2019ve got your power, and you\u2019ve definitely got your responsibility.<\/p>\n

More and more, I seem to be running into people who say things like \u201cwe\u2019re being controlled by the government,\u201d \u201cwe\u2019re all just hamsters on a wheel,\u201d or even \u201cwhat\u2019s worth living for if we don\u2019t get any say in what to do?\u201d Well, can any of us honestly say that we as a society would be better off without some of these controllers?<\/p>\n

For example, let\u2019s look at the government. Yes, a governing force controls us as citizens. People always seem to think that living in a lawless world would somehow be better, but think about what would happen: crimes would not be punishable; stores could charge us whatever they see fit; smaller laws and societal structure that we take for granted on a day-to-day basis wouldn\u2019t exist; and, honestly, the majority of people wouldn\u2019t know how to act, how to live, or what to do with their time. Without a governing body, society would eventually devolve into exactly what you see in a post-apocalyptic movie. Thanks, Mad Max<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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This story originally appeared in the April 4, 2018 issue of Nexus<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, I\u2019m all for doing what you want and not getting punished for wanting to have a little fun here or there. That being said, it\u2019s incredibly ignorant to ignore why we have any of these systems in place and why we continue to fight to put more systems in place that protect our rights, grant rights to those who don\u2019t have them but should, and reform laws we already have in place.<\/p>\n

Personally, I like to have structure in my life; I feel that it\u2019s best suited for me. Being told what to do and where to go is good for me. I find that when I don\u2019t have any pressing matters or any reason to do anything, I often end up bored and, in a strange way, feel sort of empty.<\/p>\n

Obviously, not everyone is the same, and that\u2019s where the beauty of our current societal structure lies. What is so often forgotten is that despite all the rules and laws, we live in a world where we still can do many of the things we dream of doing. Suddenly having a bad day and decide that there is nothing here for you anymore? Feel free to pack up all your stuff and move somewhere else in the world\u2014nothing is stopping you but your own fear of losing everything you have.<\/p>\n

Realistically, the only ones who are stopping us from doing what we want is ourselves. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn\u2019t live with at least some fear and doubt. That\u2019s why I believe being told what to do is good and why so many of us fight for our freedom when we\u2019re young. Without being aware of our fears and responsibilities, we are only able to ever see ourselves trapped in a birdcage with the walls closing in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growing up, being told what to do by your parents was always the worst. (Honestly, it still is.) But as I\u2019ve grown up, I\u2019ve learned more and seen things about the world that I just wasn\u2019t aware of as a youngster. They say with great power comes great responsibility; once you hit the age of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views","category-april-4-2018"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15706,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15704\/revisions\/15706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}