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Is Freedom A Conservative Force?

Last night I was reading The Elegant Universe. In the part I was reading, Brian Greene was proposing that string theory might be the glorified universal theory that relates Einstein’s theory of relativity(the physics of the very large) to quantum physics (the physics of the very tiny).  Then, this evening my dad and I were discussing the new “religious freedom laws” that Trump signed off on in the form of an executive order (meaning the next president can easily override them, thank God -no pun intended- for that). These religious freedom laws give freedom to one group by taking it away from the other. That got me thinking, about what I call the “conservation of freedom”.

 

In physics class, one learns about the conservation of energy. In a closed system, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. However, energy can be transferred from  one object to another,or converted from one form of energy to another form of energy. I believe the same applies to freedom.  

 

There is a finite amount of freedom in the world, so when one group of people gain freedom, another group must lose it. This pattern seems to have persisted throughout history, and if you could think of a counter- example please let me know. This “conservation of freedom” hypothesis I have is something that I would like to give more thought. Finally, could there also be such thing as “conservation of power”? Could the whole world be broken down into subsystems?And is this hypothesis is based on the assertion that the human interactions on Earth are part of a closed system, but since the number of humans on Earth is always changing does the “closed system” assertion hold true? As far as I can tell it still holds true because the amount of freedom on Earth is the same no matter if there are two million people on Earth or two billion people. The freedom will just be spread out differently, meaning it will likely be spread out thinner between the two billion and be more concentrated in the two million.
I think if I want to make a better argument for the “conservation of freedom” hypothesis I need to have established axioms or truisms to start building the argument from. I’ll keep thinking about this idea and get back to you guys on it. I also really want to hear other people’s thoughts/ideas on the matter. Yes, I’m talking to you the one person who reads this – you know who you are 😉