Shortly after Strosius attempted to justify Sith dominion by explaining why his chains were different, a considerably shorter response began circulating across both the HoloNet and ShadowNet.
Good deeds do not absolve bad principles. Sith ideology is flawed: a creed that makes power the measure of freedom inevitably makes freedom the privilege of the powerful.
The difference between a liberator and a slaver is whether the freed are permitted to walk away. If your freedom ends the moment someone refuses you, it was never freedom at all. You break another man’s chains only to demand that he kneel before you instead.
A new master is not freedom.
A slaver by any other name still keeps his hand upon the chain.
A Sermon for Slavers
Good deeds do not absolve bad principles. Sith ideology is flawed: a creed that makes power the measure of freedom inevitably makes freedom the privilege of the powerful.
The difference between a liberator and a slaver is whether the freed are permitted to walk away. If your freedom ends the moment someone refuses you, it was never freedom at all. You break another man’s chains only to demand that he kneel before you instead.
A new master is not freedom.
A slaver by any other name still keeps his hand upon the chain.
