Human Desire for Freedom:
Dost State Liberate or Bind?
“All these aforesaid customs and liberties which we have granted to be held in our realm in so far as pertains to us are to be observed by all of our realm, both clergy and laity, in so far as pertains to them in respect to their own men.”iv
-Magna Carta
Liberty from is slavery to. The slave struggles, and becomes a slave again. The law of a state binds all those within the state to its code and liberates them from all other codes. Then, there is a revolution and men are liberated from the law of the state only to subject themselves under another law, which will bring about another revolution.
The panel discussion was over and Zack left quickly.
He made his way home, grabbed a beer and turned on his television. Was freedom truly only a desire that people sought after and never obtained? Was Lady Liberty the false prophet of the American way? Surely not. There must be liberty! The more liberty was afforded, the greater the power struggle. The greater the power struggle, the more the assertion of that power.
There was a knock on Zack’s door. He put his beer on the table next to him and got up. “Who is it?” he asked before unlocking the dead-bolt.
“Glen Bluff P.D.” came a voice.