Free thinking is a easy concept in theory but a hard to follow lifestyle change in reality. Think about all the free thinkers: Socrates at the top of that list...he smilingly drank poison to save what he believed in, that is true free-thinking and liberation, not caring for life for the sake of freedom one deserves.

Before success hugs the freethinkers - hate spits on them and people scorn, if they are lucky enough to survive that spite, they will change the course of the world. If they don't survive their message will be lost in oblivion without world ever realizing their existence.