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An oppressive Communist regime over all of Vietnam.
With a somber host, Millionaire would be oppressive.
His wife, Judy, and her father, Howard, are members of the intelligentsia in an unnamed country in the near future, and the story--told by the three characters seated at a table in direct address to the camera--involves the gradual destruction of their lives by an oppressive regime, and the moral disintegration of Jack, the eponymous survivor.
In American history, "feeling free" refers to ridding the nation of an oppressive monarch, a view expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
The protesters say the WTO is bad because it permits oppressive and environmentally destructive practices and, by liberating greed, promotes these practices.