When people say something needs to happen, it tends to imply compulsion.
“You need to change,” rather than, “You have the option to change.”
I cannot buy the idea of being told, “You’re free, you can do anything you want!.. Wait no, except THAT.” If we’re really moving towards a more free state of being, then there should be no reason one cannot choose the “old ways of thinking”. If the new ways are compulsory, then they are not really anything special and just represent a shift from one ruler to another.