On Liberty

"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."

 "They who give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither one."

Benjamin Franklin 

The rule of many doesn't seem fit me; if not for anything else, just because the rule of (a single) one is already though and unreasonable enough. In the right light, there is no greater misery than to be subject of a single ruler, you can never trust his kindness, for on him alone depends being evil when it fits his needs. Therefore, having several "masters" is having as many reasons to be miserable.

It's strange enough to see two, three or ten men bowing to one, that squashes them under his boot, yet perfectly possible, even probable, nowadays; they always have the excuse of lack of spirit (animus). But what to say when we see, on a daily basis, hundreds, thousands, milllions and even billions of people, whole cities and countries subjugated to so few... how to call that? Cowardice?

All vices have some kind of limit, a boundary they don't surpass; two, or even ten (men), may fear one, but when a million men, a thousand cities, don't stand up for themselves, this is not cowardice - cowardice doesn't go that far (just like bravery has it's limits...only in hollywood motion pictures it doesn't). Liberty has become but a word in the dictionary, a faint dream of distant conquests of our forefathers, a pitch in pliticians campaigns; How has this happened? Like the romans already knew, the control of the mob needs only two things: bread and circus! And to control the mob is to have power - power to maintain the "status quo", power to create all kinds of illusions to perpetuate the greatest lie in human history - money. What about merit? Oh! I see, that you can't inherit... 

Peace and Love

D.