Freedom (sic) | Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
Aug. 26, 2014
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains."
- Rosa Luxemburg
When the Land of the
Free incarcerates its citizens at the rate of 1,200 per week, well,
freedom sure aint what its cracked up to be.
Freedom is a George Michael song
and
a Richie Havens song.
I walked out the front door of my apartment building
wait, did I just say my? Its not
my building, of course. Most of us dont live in a place of our own. We shell out rent to a landlord who long ago paid off the mortgage.
Were not
free to lower our own rent just because the building is paid for. But were damn
free to become homeless if we protest the injustice of rents, mortgages, price-gouging realtors, etc.
Freedom is a professional tennis team from Philadelphia.
So yeah, I walk outside, reach the corner of my block (its not really my block), and make a 90-degree turn. New York City is laid out in a grid and Im forever walking in right angles. Im not
free to meander in unsymmetrical figure eights no matter how much Id like to.
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