FDR's Freedoms

In my opinion, I believe that when FDR gave his Four Freedoms Speech at the State of the Union address in 1941 he meant that the “freedom from want” was breaking loose of any bondage to longing for things that were not necessities and that the “freedom from fear” was a security in the nation and others surrounding countries to be without war. FDR’s nation and allied nation, England, were in an unstable state. He had to give some hope to the American people, that although they were in war right now, there was a peacetime that would bring a goal of the four freedoms he had expressed.
As the leader of a growing world power, in the time of war, with other European allies, the things that FDR expresses as freedoms resulted in an optimistic mindset for the home front as well as the battlefield. The “freedom from want” arose greatly in the 1930s with the Great Depression when the economy of both the American people and the European people was greatly affected and it was hard for either people to even get the things they needed, yet alone the things they wanted. FDR knew the people’s desires, therefore was trying to hit them on the dot.
With the war surrounding Europe and the American people, the “freedom from fear” would ensure the use of fewer weapons so that the threat of war at peacetime will not be so threatening. Although America had not entered the war yet, Europeans had been in ragging war for a while. The American people were surrounded by fear for their safety as a country, as individuals and as loved ones. But we have to keep in mind that FDR was not only speaking to America, but to the soon-to-be Allies in the European countries and the opposing Germans and their followers. He wanted to ensure the responsibility to the American people, yet please the other European countries as well. He knew what he was doing, just like most politicians to play smart and safe.