We are citizens.
A King dictates all that occurs on his land.
Citizens are an exclusive group, as compared to subjects that are merely collected like cattle.
One is naturally subjugated at moment of birth, by grave misfortune of jurisdiction or birth to a slave, by nature of tyranny.
The other becomes majesty of his destiny at birth, naturally by gift of inheritance of freedom. One is a yoke, one is a pair of wings.
The nature of the two are incomparable, and trying to paint that adjective as similar for both is simply an act of butchery.