On freedom and slavery.

if you have no autonomy over yourself;

if you cannot act as a free person;

if ultimate diktat over your behavior does not come from yourself;

you have no self-possession.  Yes? Right?

How can a person possibly govern and master others if he does not govern and master himself?

Can you command respect if you put yourself in a position which does not deserve respect?

Passivity is repellent.

(a personal aside:)
If that's how you would like to spend the rest of your life, be...my...guest.

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