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I don't think that equating "choice" with "freedom" is all that helpful in understanding choices or freedom. They aren't the same thing and insisting that they
by gwright 15y ago
I don't think that equating "choice" with "freedom" is all that helpful in understanding choices or freedom.
They aren't the same thing and insisting that they are just makes it hard to talk about either concept.
Generally when people talk about 'freedom' in a political sense (which is what the original report was about) they are talking about the way government limits actions and not about how your particular circumstances are different than someone else's.
- chairface 15y agoI don't see a freedom listed anywhere in these comments that doesn't come down to the ability to make a choice. In fact, I think a pretty good working definition for "a freedom" is "the ability to make a choice". Furthermore, the government plays a big role in _increasing_ the number of choices available to people in the first and second income quartiles, as Steko suggested. Looking only at limitations that government places on freedom reveals your bias.