We Think We’re Free. Newsflash: We’re Not

American Thinker.com ^ | November 12, 2021 | Vince Coyner

[Kaslin]

Unconstitutional vax mandates have given Americans a glimpse into the control the government has—or thinks it has over our lives. But few have any idea how much the government is involved with their everyday lives. Most of us get up, go to work, and come home without the government ostensibly telling us when to do this or what we must feed our kids or when we must go to bed. We think we’re free, but we’re not. Just because stormtroopers aren’t standing in every doorway of your house doesn’t mean the government’s not there. It is in a million different ways, invisible by design, and often the stormtroopers are implied.

Not sure? Let’s take a journey of a day in the life of a typical American.

You wake up at 5:00. You’re literally lying on the embodiment of one of the most famous government rules—your mattress. The government footprint is found on the tag that famously says: “This tag may not be removed under penalty of law except by the consumer.”

[Adder]

And all approved and in some cases mandated by black robed tyrants.

We are really pathetic sometimes.

[joma89]

So, who so you blame for all this over regulation? I always start with any democrat taliban party voter.

[SaveFerris]

(Unconstitutional vax mandates)

And they are just that. Watch the SC roll over.

I’ll be happy to be wrong.

[Hojczyk]

congress turned over regulation to the federal workers years ago...they are the dictators now

[mythenjoseph]

This author may not be free....I AM

[Openurmind]

Micromanagement. And this newest generation has been conditioned and trained to fully embrace and practice this micromanagement concept.

“Law-abiding” now means self enslavement to the micromanaging overlords.

[dfwgator]

"I am the only free man on this train!"

[x]

You wake up at 5:00. You’re literally lying on the embodiment of one of the most famous government rules—your mattress. The government footprint is found on the tag that famously says: “This tag may not be removed under penalty of law except by the consumer.”

You are the consumer. The law is for your your protection. You can remove the tag.

P.S. I think the bit about the consumer was added in recent years. When we were kids we'd see those labels and wonder if we'd go to prison if we tore them off.

[zeugma]

I have seen no reason to change my tagline for quite a while.

[Paal Gulli]

“The fact is that the average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely.”

-- H.L. Mencken

This is exactly why most of the sheeple live in cities. They fear the consequences of genuine self-reliance.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Great quote. The average American has not clue as to the meaning of “liberty” as understood by those who used the word in our founding documents.