Officers'Wife
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I'll accept your sympathies. I and the 99% of folks who dont own any material possession so cherished as to give up our lives and futures over it.
Lives of my family? Absolutely. My freedom? Yes. Ideals of liberty? I like to hope so.
Material "things?"
A wise man once said, "the things you own end up owning you." If you are so compelled by your patch of dirt and pile of wood and sentiment that you'd risk life and freedom and the future of your loved ones over it, then you have my sympathies.
To each their own. But consider, what is slavery? In the broadest sense it is not having benefit of the products (or fruits if you prefer) of your own labor. If the lowest two bit piece of trash can come into your home and pick up whatever he wants provided he makes no threat to you or your family do you really have any benefit to labor? A slave has no possessions since his master can take all he has at whim. Just like the sneak thief or looter... I mean protester.