Carry the lion feet so I can snub my hands into the cloud embers.
Madness string 2256
Freedom is limited, artificial, and therefore illusory, a shared hallucination at best. No sane mortal is truly free, because true freedom is so terrible that only the mad or the divine can face it with open eyes. It overwhelms the soul.
Once we have an explanation - correct or incorrect - we are complacent, at least for awhile.