Western Freedom

We are told that we in the representative democracies have one key benefit over the rest; freedom of speech and, by extension, freedom of mind.

In truth we are living in one large odd-ish Freemium app. You get to think and say whatever you like as long as you watch the advertising. But even if you subscribe you still get the ads.

I suspect that immersion in advertising is actually more effective at curtailing freedom of mind than any other means.

Once the mind is barbed-wired there’s no cause to fear the exhalation of sound. Wally’s in the noise.

Those unrepresentative democracies just haven’t caught on yet.