Freedom, first and foremost, begins in the mind, or the heart; whatever you are inclined to put more stock in. To think critically or to imagine wildly is indeed to be free. Tyranny, by extension, rises from the mire and muck in the physical world around us and ends in the mind and the heart. If one is free of mind, then one is never truly enslaved.
Great! That's all I can say about the article...
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3226-freedom-is-not-necessarily-the-absence-of-tyranny
Live free, be free and I will see ya on the other side of that cage.