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> "Freedom from" is just a nice way to say "loss of agency due to oppressive external control". That is not always the case. Counterexample: "freedom from tyra
by adwn 6y ago
> "Freedom from" is just a nice way to say "loss of agency due to oppressive external control".
That is not always the case. Counterexample: "freedom from tyranny", as in "citizens are free from tyranny by the government" – that can hardly be reframed as "the government loses agency due to oppressive external control by the law".