Independence Day: What is freedom?

"Fair enough, J. But people are saying you're 'not American.' They say you're 'not patriotic,'" Pete says, pointing to the flag appearing on the Me-Pages in TEMPLE's lobby.

"What about all our young recruits at our school who'll be going to the Middle East, north Africa and the Arctic, all the important places in the world, to fight for democracy and freedom? We're helping everybody in the world to live a better life. All the Others are ignorant and backward. We're saving them, with our DEFENSE FORCES troopers, our Drones and cheetahs, just like the Perfect Man and OVERMIND is going to save us."

Jaya points to her desert-colored jacket, the name tag that says "Ceyes."

"This has been going on a long time, killing each other so that few on the top can control the Earth's resources. But that's not freedom. It's not 'defense.' It's murder. My grandfather was in the Middle East too, before PATRIOT SECURITY and the Drones totally took over everything and took on their own power over people...

I'll never forget when I was thinking about joining the YOUNG DEFENSE FORCES. I found a letter Grandpa wrote for me in the pocket of his fatigue shirt:

'Jaya, be very careful what you pursue & what 'goals' you choose. Remember, very few get the honor & privilege of fighting for their true country as it should be, for their interests, for their human rights, dignity & freedoms, as they deserve. But many die under an illusion of 'freedom,' a myth, a cruel, gigantic Construct, which is a prison of their own poverty & slavery.

This is the cage built by the powerful interests which control every country.

No nation, empire, church, military or technology is greater than the Real God: The Full Extent of Reality-Nature. This is Reality's Consciousness beyond the limits of its particular manifestation within our being. We should not attempt to play 'god' in the world. We should not attempt to build 'gods,' or to become 'gods' ourselves."

WHAT IS FREEDOM?

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