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What is freedom?
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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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Action unrestrained by threats of violence or other coercion.
What about my freedom to apply violence and coercion?
This is why absolute freedom can never exist as long as there are at least 2 people in existence... Either they must both give up their freedom to harm the other, or soon there will only be 1 person left, maybe 0.