"advancing freedom" is one of those phrases that is, when you examine it, quite poorly defined I agree, which is why I instead used the term "liberty" in some

"advancing freedom" is one of those phrases that is, when you examine it, quite poorly defined I agree, which is why I instead used the term "liberty" in some places. While the term "freedom" has in modern times become clouded particularly with the notion of "positive" freedoms, I believe that the term "liberty" tends to be more strongly associated with the more traditional notions of "negative" liberty. But I must concede that even this difference is at the grossest level, and there remain much more nuanced differences in definition beyond the negative/positive distinction.