Gianna Miceli argues that real freedom isn't a symbol or flag. It's refusing to sign away your rights through contracts and permissions, and understanding that the government never actually had the authority to take them in the first place.
To me, freedom isn't a bumper sticker. It's not a flag you wave while still begging the government for permission to drive to work or to keep all your own money. Real freedom is true sovereignty, knowing who you are, what you are, and refusing to contract your way out of it. It's waking up one day and realizing you were never actually trapped, you just kept signing the papers that said that you were. Freedom is the moment you stop asking for rights they were never authorized to take in the first place.
