The Truth of Freedom

Many people think they are free but they are being deceived. The government that we live in tells us we are a free country but are we really?  The truth of the matter is that the more possessions we own, the more those possessions own us. For example you might be excited to go out and buy a new car you spot a sporty convertible in the corner of the car lot; you envision yourself behind the wheel the wind in your hair.  This is freedom you say to yourself; but is it? You think you are free to cruise the open road but are you? What you will soon realize is that not only are you not free but you have just been enslaved by the debt of your car payment you must go to work you must pay for insurance, car maintenance and if you had if you had any fantasy of going to the snow now you need to buy chains and a roof rack. Do you still believe that you are free? You are so free that you are required to spend 40 hours a week of your life for the next forty years in a job hate.

The next freedom we Americans have fooled ourselves into believing we have is the dream of owning a piece of land in this great country of ours. You work and save your money for nearly a decade. You find a small plot of land in which you will build your castle. You are the king of your domain! You are free to do as you please! Right? Hmm…well, lets think about this; twice a year you will have to pay property taxes. You want to build a totally unique structure reflective of your individual personality. But you must get your plans pre-approved. Some kind of building commission has to vote and approve what YOU want to do. The commission meets, and the answer is NO! They will not let you build what you want; you must build something that “fits in” with the rest of the neighborhood. You can only build a clone.

So you build an “acceptable” house and finally open the doors to your new place. First thing you want to do is plug in your amp and play Nirvana songs really loud. You have dreamed of this moment; to do what you want inside your own place! So you plug in and play on, within minutes a neighbor knocks on your door and tells you to turn in down. But its “my place” you think to yourself…you can do what you want. Forget it. You play on. A few minutes later the police are at your door telling you that if you don’t turn it down they are going to arrest you!

Sure, arrest me you say. This is America! I am playing music in the home I own. I can do what I want with in my household. The cop says you are being argumentative and resisting arrest. You are handcuffed and placed in the back of the cop car. The cop drives you to the station where you are fingerprinted and locked up for disturbing the peace. You are released because you just paid a bail; not only will this affect your future if you get into trouble again but you just had to pay money to be set free, just an animal.

What? What is that you say? You are a hardworking freedom loving American? WHAT FREEDOM? It is all a trap, a perfect example euphemism. The only way to be free, is to own nothing. Never get married, never have a kid, and move to Canada. So no one living “the American dream” can ever be free.

That is my plan. I will be playing my music really loud!