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Go home. Take out your wallet. Take out the driver's license, and put it on your dinner table. Put your wallet back in your pocket. Now, step outside your h
by ocschwar 9y ago
Go home.
Take out your wallet.
Take out the driver's license, and put it on your dinner table.
Put your wallet back in your pocket.
Now, step outside your home and go buy a gallon of milk.
That's my criterion.
- crispyporkbites 9y agoA gallon? You're not free unless you can specify a metric unit!
- gowld 9y agoWhat if I want a gallon of a drink that isn't subsidized by my taxes? I'm not free to buy the drink I want because I'm forced to pay for milk whether I drink it or not.
- golergka 9y agoI don't have a driver's license, and phone with Uber on it is still in my pocket. Am I free?
- ng12 9y agoOnly if you have the money to pay for Uber every time you need a gallon of milk.
- bpchaps 9y agoYour question is very myopically mid/large city centric. Think of it in the context of someone without a smartphone or money - particularly low income neighborhoods.
- imtringued 9y agoThey have the freedom to walk. If these people can't afford Uber I don't think they can afford a car either.
- bpchaps 9y ago.....what? Either you're incredibly sheltered, you've never left a large city, or you're a troll. That doesn't match any reality that I know of.
- ocschwar 9y agoIf you don't have a driver's license, and you're still living how you want to live, then you can't be threatened by the prospect of losing that driver's license. A lot of people in this country literally cannot fetch milk without a license from the government. You are free. I am free. They are not.
- oh_sigh 9y agoWait...you go to some third party to get milk? What kind of freedom is that? You have to rely on the will of the shop owner to remain open and to have fresh milk stocked. For me, personally, I would just milk one of the cows that live on my property. Now, that's real freedom.