Being Concise

Political Freedom

Even a single voice can be heard if it’s projected loud enough.  It can rise above all other voices to express its own ideas and opinions; it just needs help to do so.  Americans have always valued political freedom.  Nearly everyone has an opinion on the subject of politics, and it all comes down to being heard over everyone else.  One could use a megaphone, for example.  In the days of standing on street corners to be heard, a megaphone would make people stop and listen.  It would make the speaker the loudest and most authoritative.  Political rallies or protests used them to speak to hundreds of people at a time, leading them with ideals of change and involvement.  Megaphones not only represent these events but also the idea of being loud in itself, the idea of being the one that people turn to look at, the one they have no choice but to hear.  They represent the freedom to shout what you believe as loud as possible.  They represent sharing individual ideas.  They represent political freedom.

Original Sentence: Americans have always valued their liberty when it comes to sharing their beliefs on their government, and, in today’s world especially, political freedom is one of the most noticeable aspects of life in the United States.  

Look how much better I got at life after reading the book on concision.  No big deal.