..the fiery handcuffs.

You are safe.
Oh yes you are safe.
You are protected.
You are protected by a system.
A system that also controls you.
A puppet force of the same system watches over you, also known as the police.

Liberty and freedom do not mean the same thing.
And by freedom I mean political freedom.

Oh yes you are safe.
Especially when you can bribe any ''law-abiding'' official to make sure you win every time, and this the rich and the powerful do.
Respect is what you may call it.
But another principle I see more important in life, honour.

Honour gains respect by following the code the person chooses to follow, not change them whenever something comes up and he has to act to change his fate.
Meanwhile the lower classes are the blind followers and fans of those up there.
Up there does not mean heaven, there is no heaven in a world full of corruption.

You wonder why there is so much bad in this world, oh well just look up!
Many promise to give and share what they gain, but so far I never saw anyone hold on to this.
You might say there is also good in this world, well its good that you are so optimistic as to ignore the bad but we are all humans and bad is what we do.

Id quod nos unit, est id quod nos separet.