Ma, Jains believe that each soul is independent. Jainism teaches that self-help is the way to gain such independence. Jainism also says that the role of living beings is to help each other. All liberated souls are independent. The worldly souls are not completely free.
Worldly beings live with the help of each other.
They need food, water, air and other things. Depending upon their spiritual development, worldly souls enjoy varying degrees of freedom. Ma, worldly souls need many things to live. They need the help of other living beings. So they are not independent.