Everyone is born free to a certain degree but to live free isn't an easy task or a life of luxury. Our current (imperialistic or capitalistic, you decide) laws here in the US make us slaves to the goverment. Think about it, lets say you pay your house and your car off, but wait you still have to pay taxes on not only your income but again for property tax and then vehicle tax and sales and sin taxes which are ridiculous. So is it even possible to own something? If you don't continue to make payments on either they will take your house and car, even though you already give them about 1/3 of your income. On top of that find me the law that says you have to pay federal income tax, there is none. more slavery, so the government can pay it's ever increasing debt to the federal reserve which is a private corporation who makes the dollar out of thin air and loans it to our government. most people do not even realize these things, the politicians hide it so elequently. will we ever be free i think not as long as corporations run politics. we dont even have the right to do whatever we want to our own body i mean drugs, suicide, i mean how can suicide be a crime right? maybe im just ranting i hope it makes sense