Oddbean new post about login | logout Everyone has real #freedom - the ability to take any action they can take, and its consequences. What you seem to mean is a special type of freedom, called #liberty in English - freedom from #gangsterment abuse and dictates.
In my country, there is no freedom. We lack freedom in choosing what to wear, expressing ourselves freely, criticizing the government's actions, and many other aspects of life. Even if you live in a supposedly free country, government control can still dominate your life and affect everything about you.
My point was that you have freedom to do all that you listed, IF you are willing to face the brutal government consequences for that! So, what you don't have is #liberty. And there's not really such a thing as your or any other "country". It's everywhere just an armed gang of thieves and bullies that call themselves "lawful legitimate #government" and rob and abuse everyone else as you said, on the territory they claim and call your "#country". The abuse is real, but their whole construct is just an illegitimate protection racket for #taxes.
I like how this #American #lawyer explains it to his countrymen, who think they have #freedom, including #liberty, but actually don't have either: The #Quash: "Our #Country" is a Barnum Statement Media file: https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/402e254e-8f92-4256-a23c-f379ae93c796/S3-20Ep11-20Country-20barnum-20statement-converted.mp3