Put in a more trite way, and as an example, in America freedom comes in part from having enough money to pay for health insurance and medical bills. Which is t

Put in a more trite way, and as an example, in America freedom comes in part from having enough money to pay for health insurance and medical bills. Which is to say that it's not really self-reliance. It's buying into a system and relying on the indirect support of many others (who buy into the insurance) in a way that frees up your time/worries enough for you do the things you want to do. The point being that your perceived freedom exists because something/someone else enabled it, and that's freedom earned by relying on someone else.