But there is free will, the degree of it's presence is greater or lesser according to each person's level of conscious awareness of things, such as social conditioning, etc. To break free from the manipulation, one has to become aware it is there to begin with.

There are degree of freedom with which people can actualize their free will potential. With conditioning into society and falsity, the degree of freedom is highly restricted with not real authentic free thought, but programmed and conditioned false thought patterns and procedures that are shared in common with the rest of homogeneous society, along with a default of the unconscious thinking that conforms to those base patterns induced from society.

Thanks for the feedback.