Maybe the truth that we were unable to see was that one cannot truly live free within the system. Sure, some systems can be more free than others. Yet, you will still always be bound to only be as free as the system allows. Our system has been tightening its restrictions on how free it will allow us to be, but could really call ourselves free in the first place?
A happy dog on a long leash that allows for some roaming is still just a pet tied to its master.
The United States died in 2020. The future is bleak for those who want to live free.
The US died in 1913. Its corpse was burned in 2020.
I disagree, sure that was part of the capability of the ultimate death, but it took a century for it to happen.
Fair point. A mortal wound, but one that took decades to bleed out.
Maybe the truth that we were unable to see was that one cannot truly live free within the system. Sure, some systems can be more free than others. Yet, you will still always be bound to only be as free as the system allows. Our system has been tightening its restrictions on how free it will allow us to be, but could really call ourselves free in the first place?
A happy dog on a long leash that allows for some roaming is still just a pet tied to its master.