http://www.wakingtimes.com/2017/05/03/4-signs-not-live-free-country/
“As it stands, our government is cruel and arbitrary; certainly not free. Ironically, in a form of double speak amidst a flare of smoke and mirrors, statist propaganda has us believing that we live in a free country when it’s more accurate to say that the government uses the term “freedom” as a distraction to keep people docile and under control.
Let the sheep believe they are free and they won’t fight to become free.
Meanwhile, covertly fence them in with outdated laws and an oppressive militarized police state, while convincing them it’s all in place for their own “protection.” Easy: Then it just takes care of itself. The conditioning and brain-washing kicks in with just a little boost from cognitive dissonance and soft slavery enslaves itself… Let’s break it down:
1. We live in an oligarchic plutocracy disguised as a democratic republic…
2. We have an overreaching militarized police force…
3. Taxation is not voluntary…
4. We have an oppressive bipartisan voting system that simply does not work…
At the end of the day, it comes down to individuals being free to live, love, and prosper without a group of others forcing their values (rules and laws) on them through threat of violence. No masters, no rulers.
As Epictetus said, “No man is free, who is not master of himself.”’
CosmicMind 