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by nopriorarrests 2077 days ago
Freedom is having a choice. Between, say, having fun in overcrowded bar till 3am or staying in your apartment alone, ordering delivery and watching netflix. Quite simple.
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Choice is not that simple when it affects others.
I never said it simple. Choosing between driving dodge ram or prius also affects others, because pollution. All I said that freedom is having mutiple choices.
The very last sentence of your comment was "Quite simple".
“Freedom” defined as “more choice” is simple. The consequences of freedom of choice are -not- simple. Very different meanings.
But that's my point, freedom defined as "more choice" is not simple because more choice for you may mean less choice for me. You can't just separate out the consequences.