Ikagi Inquiries

To be completely honest, this started as a bunch of jokes. I know how prunes and prune juice work guys. lol
But the last few questions were philosophical ones that actually have no professional definitions. Scholars have spent their careers trying to define free will, art, life, death, and a million other things.
I had no intention of finding the answers in this thread, I just wanted to stir up deep thoughts and maybe inspire some deep role-play that reflects it.

On free will: I for one think that modern societies (particularly my own in America) lack free-will beyond basic survival. From the moment we are born, we are all forced to adhere to rules we did not decide to. Clearly, a child cannot make the decision to be a citizen of the country, but at no point in life are you simply able to denounce yourself as property of your country; not without penalty. I know this might be a bit much for BG, but it's becoming a bigger issue every day. The government has gained the ability to silence any of us now if we are deemed a threat: no trial, no rights. What sliver of free-will we had left is gone imo.
I consider free will to be the ability to exist without be impeded by the ideals of others; which is kinda like being immune to peer pressure or living in solitude all together. Life without law. But, law is required in order to be safe (from the will of others). We sacrifice our will to be protected from the will of others. Thoughts?