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News Flash!!! Lady liberty can be a tyrant -- Xtreme freedom is cruel slavery. Millions in the so-called "free world" are in tedious captivity to cravings, compulsions, tormenting thoughts, anger, selfishness, the opinions of others, chemicals, depression, the media's brainwashing, insecurity, and self-destructive habits. Their political freedom is but a smoke screen to hide their inner bondage.
Outward freedom without self-control is tyranny -- the slavery to impulse and desire. Freedom without clear moral boundaries is anarchy. Genuine freedom is not the absence of responsibility -- it is the right and the power to live responsibly, the ability to overcome the torture of self-inflicted tyranny.
Glorious words about freedom -- celebrations, posters, fireworks, patriotic music, stirring speeches -- mean nothing if a person can't or won't control his or her self-destructive tendencies.
Where is freedom in America's urban centers where men, women, and children are surrounded by violence, disrespect, prostitution, hopelessness, intimidating gangs, drugs, sexual perversion, and desperation? Does that sound like "the land of the free and the home of the brave"?
Where is liberty in the suburbs with the same self-destruction, only hidden, "cultured", and contained behind closed doors? Looking "prosperous" is no substitute for genuine freedom from compulsion and self-destructive behaviors.
Are you free? |
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