> Freedom in America is always about government NOT doing something, while in Europe government is defined as a protector of these freedoms. Not to be adversar

> Freedom in America is always about government NOT doing something, while in Europe government is defined as a protector of these freedoms. Not to be adversarial, but this isn't true. Some positive rights, like contract enforcement, are implied/expressed in the US Constitution. Other positive rights (the right to public education, for example) are varyingly guaranteed by individual states in the union, in their constitutions and otherwise.