Too many limitations block us from choosing and doing what we actually aspire to do. Perfect and typical example for this- education; people might aspire to choose to study, but they have to get money, specific grades and experience in order to get accepted into their choice of education/class/subject, they can't just choose to study something and university without completing previous steps. If you choose to express your personal opinion out loud, that is possible, but that's the freedom of speech, which in some aspect is a part of free will. Let's say, you can even be homeless (that is a choice you can make, this does kick into free will )so that you would no need to pay taxes, you will no longer be dependent on others, but in order to get basic life resources, you would still need to be bounded by finance, authorization, luck and even kindness from other human beings, so you would still not be able to fully do what you wish too (And of-course, if you do something violent, you'd be tied up and faced with forces just like any human being on planet earth in this century). This also clashes with the word "independence "; free will and independence are connected to each other, and should be taken in consideration. We have very specific rules about what we can and can not do nowadays, if we do something wrong that's not acceptable by society, we get punished; tickets, warnings, jail etc.
What is believed today as free will is just simply the option to choose from few specific options, and that also depends on the social status people are at, financial level and success. We have to consider the law. A couple of hundred years ago people did have free will, well.. most of the time. There were not many rules, no force majeure, and people could technically do what they wished to do (They might still face some consequences such as rivalry, revenge, shame and in some cases even death! ). Especially with nowadays advances in technology and knowledge about humanity, it's very hard to break the law, if that's what your free will wishes to do. As long as your options to choose from are something possible and achievable, sure you can call that free will (to choose between options that are given to you ) but if you'll do something that is not acceptable by society, you will have to be ready to face charges, and would that be really worth it? One free will and then be limited and not even have the slightest chance of free will later on?
This subject is serious discussion material, can't express actual thoughts in only a paragraph or two.
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