He wrote about the two folds of human freedom, which are, the freedom “from” traditional authorities such as the state and (2) the freedom “for” actualizing one’s individual destiny. In his work about the Freedom in History, Fromm argues that the people came to understand the real meaning of freedom in the 20th century. They thus fight to defend it. This is because it brings a lot of joy to the people, therefore prompting them to devise ways of maintaining it.