The idea of freedom is a piece of dry bread thrown to people so that they can break their teeth with it.

Marino Baccarini
The idea of freedom is a piece of dry bread...
The idea of freedom is a piece of dry bread...
The idea of freedom is a piece of dry bread...
The idea of freedom is a piece of dry bread...
About This Quote

This quote from Nietzsche is a little confusing, but the idea is that people don’t want freedom. They want something else. Generalization is a common flaw of human beings. We make generalizations all the time.

Nietzsche was talking about how, “Freedom is a piece of dry bread thrown to people so that they can break their teeth with it.” In other words, freedom isn’t something that you get from having something or becoming something different. It’s something that you have to earn and earn often. Freedom starts with being able to be yourself and doing what you want to do without being told what to do.

People don’t want or need freedom because they aren’t really free when they are told what to do and what not to do by other people.

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