Being forced to celebrate Independence Day while we are still not truly independent

We are still being colonized by our own people, by those hungry for power, driven by personal gain, by those who put their own interests above the people, by those who never truly put the people first

Once a year, we are forced to reimagine the ideal country we want to live in, while we never really make any meaningful change toward achieving that ideal

We celebrate independence, but are we truly free?