• DupaCycki@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    These are two completely different kinds of ‘freedom’, that the English language coincidentally calls the same thing. All the other languages that I know of clearly distinguish the two. Interesting, isn’t it?

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        4 months ago

        liberty: The state of being free from oppressive restrictions or control imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views

        That’s the one they’re trying to dismantle right now…

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      As the song goes “freedom is just another word for ‘nothing left to lose’”