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Thank you for your responses. I've read them all.

Over the decades, I've come to think of political freedom as something of an illusion. The well off under any political system always seem to think that they are free, but people under other systems aren't.

Economic freedom is much the same. The poor always seem to think that wealth will make them free. The wealthy as often as not become slaves to their wealth.

Liberty certainly isn't freedom. I wonder how many of the newly wealthy hollywood crowd destroy themselves with the liberty to do as they please. Alchoholics and drug addicts think of themselves as free to do as they wish, and subject themselves to a terrible form of slavery.

I don't remember the exact quote from the bible; it was something about when the son of man sets you free, you are free indeed. I believe it has something to do with freedom from fear and want. That's as close as I've found to what I believe freedom is.

<blockquote data-quote="foggedinn" data-source="post: 56083" data-attributes="member: 1081">Thank you for your responses.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read them all.Over the decades, I&#039;ve come to think of political freedom as something of an illusion.&nbsp; The well off under any political system always seem to think that they are free, but people under other systems aren&#039;t.Economic freedom is much the same. The poor always seem to think that wealth will make them free.&nbsp; The wealthy as often as not become slaves to their wealth.Liberty certainly isn&#039;t freedom.&nbsp; I wonder how many of the newly wealthy hollywood crowd destroy themselves with the liberty to do as they please.&nbsp; Alchoholics and drug addicts think of themselves as free to do as they wish, and subject themselves to a terrible form of slavery.I don&#039;t remember the exact quote from the bible;&nbsp; it was something about when the son of man sets you free, you are free indeed.&nbsp; I believe it has something to do with freedom from fear and want.&nbsp; That&#039;s as close as I&#039;ve found to what I believe freedom is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="foggedinn, post: 56083, member: 1081"] Thank you for your responses. I've read them all. Over the decades, I've come to think of political freedom as something of an illusion. The well off under any political system always seem to think that they are free, but people under other systems aren't. Economic freedom is much the same. The poor always seem to think that wealth will make them free. The wealthy as often as not become slaves to their wealth. Liberty certainly isn't freedom. I wonder how many of the newly wealthy hollywood crowd destroy themselves with the liberty to do as they please. Alchoholics and drug addicts think of themselves as free to do as they wish, and subject themselves to a terrible form of slavery. I don't remember the exact quote from the bible; it was something about when the son of man sets you free, you are free indeed. I believe it has something to do with freedom from fear and want. That's as close as I've found to what I believe freedom is. [/QUOTE]

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