The beautiful thing about freedom is that you are free to choose. The bad thing about freedom is that you are free to choose.
When you are given absolute domain over your own decisions in a society which promotes freedom to choose, there is a more than zero chance that someone in that society will attempt to take advantage of you one way or another.
In a society where freedom to contract is a foundational right, there will inevitably stem, from nefarious actors, contracts that attempt to take that freedom.
For the aware and educated individual, these traps are not more than an inconvenience. For the under-educated and convenient-seeking individual, a signature is something to give away in exchange for material gain regardless of cost, and landing one of those signatures on the line of a contract which may take those freedoms in exchange for some material good is not trivial.
Though simple, the point is clear: be vigilant always in your endeavors. Aligning yourself with a material symbol of status in exchange for your future value is likely not the best decision one can make today for the benefit of their future self: keeping up “with the Jones’ ” tends to work out poorly for the people attempting to keep up.
By contracting away your future freedom and rights for a material gain today, you are certain to set yourself back. There is nearly no way to know what situation our future selves will be in. To contract away our future labor value for some arbitrary material good today is something equivalent to selling your soul for a shiny stone – though it is not exactly the same.
In a society where the freedom to contract unlimited exists, vultures will seek and feed off the weak, and those that do not understand that the world is always going to work against them. What may be considered a “norm” in society; financing car loans, student loans, house loans, buying jewelry on credit, etc., may also be considered an attack on ones prosperity and posterity. Debt servitude is not a new concept – it is just one that effects the uneducated the most.
Be educated, be prepared, and always stand your ground. When presented with a contract in any form, be sure to read it. Not one other soul in this world will be looking out for your future interest or your benefit. It is the duty of ourselves to study and prepare for those who wish to take everything from us – because they will, if we allow them to.
“Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them.” – Thomas Jefferson
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