In the course of writing my newspaper column for Sunday, I realized this is a planet of political prisoners.
All of us, everywhere on the planet, are being held as political prisoners.
We are held captive by those who mean to rule us with politics. No escape is allowed; they'll kill anyone who tries and looks like they might succeed.
If you don't believe me, just build your own interplanetary spaceship and launch without getting government permission.
This realization is not nearly as negative or defeatist as it might seem at first glance. It depends on how you respond.
That this is how they see you doesn't mean you have to accept your imprisonment or behave like a prisoner. That's up to you. By living free (embracing your outlawry) in spite of the schemes of the political criminals, you spit in their eyes.
We are better than them. We are more ethical than they are. Show them, if they dare to look.