Freedom costs dearly.

This isn't a throw away line. This is the reality.
I know, I walk the walk, and I know the costs it incurs.

But, the thing most people don't understand is that there isn't anywhere else to go.

That's stockholm syndrome. There's always somewhere else to go (or do without?)

How long would this grip last, if people woke up to seeing alternatives?
(as long as it would take for shareholders to collapse the companies - ie - very quickly)

People are waaaaaaaay too soft nowadays, and would happily give away their freedoms (AND ETHICS), for ease of life.
They are scared human beings.
(and it's totally designed to be that way, but that's no excuse in my book, if you can think for yourself).

Those that are not soft, and of authoritarian nature, will happily control the voluntary scared sheep for their own personal harvest.
Sad but true, from what I see in the world.