Thanks for a great, thought-provoking post. "Nobody is truly free in this realm of mind and matter." <-- That says it all. True freedom is but an illusion that man is constantly chasing, but it can never be caught. If they're not in a small cage with iron bars, they believe that they surely must be free. I can't believe you're free when a government can make you pick up a gun and go kill people, or be killed, so others can profit.

I've learned to escape to freedom in my mind. No one can infringe on the total freedom where I go. ;-) Maybe the places we go in our thoughts are as much reality as what we see everyday.

We exist in this very controlled, war-torn, over-taxed, often ugly, and tightly controlled cage, but many believe they are free.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsely believe they are free." ~~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe I have a feeling that you know that one. lol

We're born into The Matrix, and that's where we'll die. The majority didn't take the red pill, so they'll never know. They say ignorance is bliss, so maybe it's better that way. I wanna 'Do Over' :-)