Vexari: no doubt, however, I was quipping based on the simple principle that you first enumerated:
"Over the last several years I have evolved and discarded several theories in an attempt to explain why it is that most people cannot see truth .. even when it smacks them in the face.."
Yes, your application was foremost, as headlined, to slavery vs freedom. I said what I did because spiritual slavery and political slavery seem to have the same symptoms.
"When in doubt, empty the clip."