• fozid@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    Freedom to say what you want to somebody? Freedom to kill somebody? Freedom to hurt somebody? Freedom to go to war with anybody? Freedom to choose to exclude whoever you want from society?

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      “freedom” isn’t a single implementation… freedom is no freedom from (other people) and freedom to (do what you like

      you’re free to swing your fist (freedom to) until it impacts me (freedom from - being hit)

      even american law acknowledges this in the way that “freedom to” has its limits in order to protect “freedom from” (though their idea of freedom to, although probably among the broadest in the world legally, is hamstrung by their actual ability to exercise that freedom to because of money and probably not nearly enough freedom from)