Barnfish wrote:
diforumreject wrote:
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what if you decide you dont want to be part of the system and decide to find some secluded spot in the forest and build a bender to live a self sufficient life harming nobody and keeping to yourself - are you free to do that?
What if you decide that you dont want to pay for corrupt bankers and warmongering and nuclear power and fracking etc so withhold taxes and exclude yourself from government services -are you free to do that?
What if you decide to protest outside parliament against the murderous UK government overseas policies - are you free to do that?
as others have said, as long as you take part in the (slave) system which is made available to you, living within certain constraints by your owners, you are free(ish). Step outside that however, even if you are hurting nobody, then you will find out how free you are.
Get permission from the landowner, but or rent the land in live in your tent. There are ways to live with few modern trappings. I have a mate who lives very cheaply on a boat. He does some work in return for free mooring during the winter and storms and moves about the rest of the time.
No you are not free to opt of of taxes. You are free to vote out a government you do not agree with and campaign for what you want.
You are allowed to protest outside of parliament, subject to permissions and restrictions, designed to allow all groups their turn and not overwhelm the place and disrupt others.
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/human-ri...st-around-parliament
Is "step outside" a euphemism for breaking the law?
so in summary, the answer is no, you are not free to do what you want, live where you want, smoke what you want, pay for what you want. You are only free to do what the owners have decided is beneficial for them and the system they represent. Bit like working for a benevolent plantation owner, free to do what you want - as long as it doesn't interfere with your work, the business or the profits!
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition of slavery is:-
# the state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune
# the subjection of a person to another person, esp in being forced into work
that sums up modern "life" pretty well, the elite having absolute power over others lives, being forced into work etc etc. Difficult to argue with any logic that those definitions do not apply to our lives in the UK and elsewhere, but no doubt the "work sets you free" crowd will give it a go anyway - but if I work hard pay my taxes and do as I'm told I can have a big house and only have to spend a third of my life in servitude,
my masters are really nice and progressive I'm not a slave!.
