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"Free" if you have all the licenses and permits, don't break any of the innumerable regulations, and carry your papers with you wherever you go, and don't make waves.

Hmm, I don't feel oppressed. Nobody is hassling me for papers. Okay, there's bureaucracy in some parts of life, but it's no big deal. The police I've met are nice people. Maybe it's not that bad

You don't hear the chains rattle much if you don't move much.