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Lonely_Dolphin said:
Yes everything has cost, I never said otherwise, but here's a thought. Just as you say this Warren Buffet guy (idk who he is) is a slave to money, it could also be said that you're a slave to your idea of freedom. Rather than love and money you desire solitude and unemployment instead, different but still a desire all the same. Nothing wrong with that, but there's also nothing wrong wanting the aforementioned. Your use of the word slave seems to imply that's bad somehow.

Interesting point.

But wouldn't there be a fundamental contradiction in calling someone "slave to his freedom"?

The definition of being a slave is not having the choice of one's actions. I wouldn't call myself a slave to my freedom since I choose to be free and I totally can choose to work and do what everybody else do. Whereas someone that must work to pay their bills, rent, food etc, cannot choose to take the path of freedom that I walk.

But I guess in some kind of rhetorical way, you could say that I'm a slave to my freedom, but this is one slavery I don't mind