Hey I enjoy your writing style and your deduction process. Participating in this society with a body and yet maintaining an objective viewpoint requires the ability to state that true objectivity can never exist under such circumstances - then from this starting point with an acknowledgement of the reality - true objectivity can be embarked upon as a concept - a theory that is always worked, shifted, changed and edited over time - to be compared with other people's 'resources' and results from their own 'labs of the mind'.
The inquiry of the mind and the ability to dive deep with someone is something that I miss.
Freedom - or our perception of it, is largely a game. With increased responsibility and accountability the stakes are higher and greater 'freedom' can result.
I have lived on the streets for many years in my life and thought myself free. But often I would look at society and feel chained by my lack of money in order to get this or that or to do this or that. I came to see later that this was my conditioning - and yet, even later I found that to be honest with myself - I really do want to have an affect in this world and so a different kind of freedom is utilized. I sacrifice the freedom to lay around and come and go as I please and willingly put myself under the 'chains' of accountability so I can experience the freedom of pursuing ambition which before I was chained to my 'freedom' restricting me from achieving the things I really wanted to do.
Freedom is a multi-faceted crystal. We can culture domains of creativity which provide a much looser framework and experience freedom in the figurative sense whether through music, art, dance or sculpture etc.
When looked at closely enough - the mind is a series of circuits - much like electronics - of open gates and closed gates - of freedom here and not freedom there in order to achieve an aim - which is the desired freedom as a result of this network of open and closed freedoms.
The goat you mention is an interesting example - but then, freedom would be ignorance. And indeed it is. To not know any different means you are indeed free. Then we go and decide to understand and explain things and develop intellect and the stakes for freedom become much higher and harder to attain.
But the rewards increase exponentially.
The goal on the horizon for many is enlightenment as a kind of ultimate freedom - but that in itself is not what people perceive it to be. In truly relinquishing identity we accept the 'chains' of an eternal interconnected reality and enter a state of oneness.
Freedom then - is simply just being. Being without needing to explain it. Being for the sake of being and not being aware you are being.
Deep dive enough? haha
Maybe you would appreciate this article I wrote yesterday as well - https://blurt.blog/philosophy/@dreamstoreality/the-outsider-an-important-archetype-for-a-time-of-change