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By arguing that people are systematically conditioned into inflexible political, economic, and cultural frameworks but are inherently free from systemic dogma, freemism offers a radical rethinking of human ideological engagement. According to this thesis, traditional ideologies--from capitalism to communism--inevitably fall short because they stifle individual thought and are unable to change to meet the demands of a changing society. The work creates a "conditioning matrix" whereby media, education, and cultural norms enforce ideological compliance by analyzing historical instances of 20th-century ideological collapses (such as the Soviet purges, the 2008 financial crisis, and the fascist genocides) and philosophically criticizing conformity mechanisms. Freemism manifests as a dynamic approach to the construction of one's own belief system as well as a rejection of dogma. Its fundamental principles--complete ideological autonomy, ethical ephemeralism, and responsible anarchy--are presented as intentional paradoxes that avoid dogmatic recidivism rather than as contradictions. Three innovations are introduced in the study: 1) Fluid consensus protocols for collective action without permanent systems, 2) Metrics such as the Ideological Autonomy Index to measure societal freedom from dogma, and 3) A developmental model for ideological deconditioning employing Socratic self-inquiry and cognitive bias inoculation. A Freemist (one who follow freemism) is an individual who is free from all ideological boundaries and does not subscribe to any existing political, economic, or philosophical system such as Communism, Capitalism, Socialism, Anarchism, Fascism, or Centrism. Instead, a Freemist believes in and follows their own self-defined ideology, shaped by personal reasoning, experience, free will and independent thought. This work adds to political philosophy a self-correcting framework for post-ideological societies--one in which people transform from passive ideology consumers to active worldview architects--by redefining freedom as the ability to continuously rebuild belief systems rather than reject all structure.