Freedom

It occurs to me that freedom is an overused word

Freedom to abuse the earth

Freedom to abuse women

Freedom to spend money you don’t have

Freedom to put toxic chemicals in food

Freedom to market dangerous drugs as safe

Freedom to censor news

Freedom to force workers to work unpaid overtime

Freedom to raise prices and rents indefinitely

Freedom to rob from pensions & social security to pay for wars

Freedom to use those excess oil reserves

Freedom to drill anywhere you please for oil

Freedom to spill oil in a gulf

Freedom to spill radioactive waste into an ocean

Freedom to allow fracking waste to pollute soil and water

Freedom to bomb people with drones in a foreign country

Freedom to drive a car without emissions controls

Freedom to dump waste in a fresh waterway

Freedom to arrest and torture people

Freedom to jail immigrants on suspicion alone

Freedom to spy on people’s emails and conversations

This is different from

Freedom to marry whom you choose

Freedom to worship God, gods or nothing at all

Freedom to express yourself on the internet and elsewhere

Freedom to travel outside your country

Freedom to buy a house in any neighborhood

Freedom to apply to any college or job

Maybe freedom isn't what we mean anymore.