From my own experience I know that I can be far freer while held forcibly within a prison then the persons paid to "guard" me there.

"The first freedom is the freedom from 'like' and 'dislike'."
John G. Bennett

Doing only what you like is akin to hopping on one foot towards a distant goal.

The Ron Paul reference in your excellent poem is clue to the fact that the struggle needs be as much (perhaps more) internal than external.