Gregory's Server@drewdevault I agree, but I *think* most people think of freedom as lack of obligation/rules rather than having rights. Regardless of what a reasonable definition might be.
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Drew DeVault
@drizzy in the US, for example, freedom is collectively understood to be enshrined in the constitution and its bill of rights, which, collectively, provide a guarantee of rights by constraining the actions of the government. |
@drizzy maybe so, but it's a very shallow understanding of freedom. Perhaps the most celebrated freedom is the freedom of speech -- this is as a guarantee of rights and an obligation for the government to behave in a way which upholds that right. This "restricts" the behavior of the government such that they cannot, for example, arrest someone for speaking out against a political leader (at least in theory...).