{"id":1287,"date":"2012-12-04T00:39:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T00:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2014-12-04T00:41:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T00:41:34","slug":"freedom-to-be-still-a-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/freedom-to-be-still-a-slave\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom &#8211; To Be Still a Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1824\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1824\" style=\"line-height: 21.81818199157715px;\" title=\"Free - To be a Slave to Money\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Free-To-be-a-Slave-to-Money-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom monument in Skopje, Macedonia. Defaced with graffitti of a Dollar $ sign, it shows to me how the country is now a slave to capitalism, as bad a tyrant as communism.\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom monument in Skopje, Macedonia. Defaced with graffitti of a Dollar $ sign, it shows to me how the country is now a slave to capitalism, as bad a tyrant as communism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each man is free, so lucky is he<br \/>\nTo money to be, a slave so free&#8230;<br \/>\nBut he is not, let it not be forgot<br \/>\nMaster of his destiny, his lot&#8230;<br \/>\nBefore, his master, cruel, was Communism<br \/>\nToday his master, unkind, is Capitalism<br \/>\nBefore, to speak was his fear<br \/>\nNow, more of what he has he holds dear<br \/>\nA dollar sin on Skopjes Freedom Monument<br \/>\nShows as slaves to \u00c2\u00a0different masters, folk are content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each man is free, so lucky is he To money to be, a slave so free&#8230; But he is not, let it not be forgot Master of his destiny, his lot&#8230; Before, his master, cruel, was Communism Today his master, unkind, is Capitalism Before, to speak was his fear Now, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,53,83,130],"tags":[798,816,1446,2347,600,160,1445,1448,1447],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-balkan-odyssey","category-civil-rights","category-macedonia","category-politics","tag-capitalism","tag-communism","tag-economy","tag-macedonia","tag-marxism","tag-skopje","tag-slavery","tag-tito","tag-yugoslavia","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-kL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1424,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/skopje-at-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":1287,"position":0},"title":"Skopje At Night","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The ladies are very friendly In the carpark outside the hotel If your interested and have money For you all will be well... 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