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   A.Stringer (annekin@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 04:30:56 JST A.Stringer

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   • Quixoticgeek

   @quixoticgeek Timothy Snyder describes it the other way around. So freedom to; have a national health care system, build an equal & fair society etc. He thinks Americans assume "freedom from" is an assumption that what comes next is automatically free for everyone. This is why freedom of speech is less often challenged in America, whereas "freedom to" express yourself without being the recipient of hate speech (for example) is a more realistic description.
   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/23/on-freedom-by-timothy-snyder-review-an-essential-manifesto-for-change

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     Quixoticgeek (quixoticgeek@social.v.st)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 04:30:58 JST Quixoticgeek

     "you keep using that word, but I don't think it means what you think it means" me, replying to an American friend who just used the word freedom. As a European, to me freedom is much more about "freedom from" not "freedom to". I want freedom from persecution because of who I am. I want freedom from surveillance by the state, from corporate entities, and from individuals. I want freedom from harm caused by others.

     This is a fundamentally different way of thinking.
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     https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/114070829915547830

     Mr. Bill repeated this.