It's actually very easy to do that, for example: Murder: People lose the freedom to murder people, but gain the freedom to not be murdered. American society co

It's actually very easy to do that, for example: Murder: People lose the freedom to murder people, but gain the freedom to not be murdered. American society considers taking the first freedom away to result in better society overall. Germany does the same. Insults: People lose the freedom to insult other people, but gain the freedom not to be insulted. German society considers taking away the first freedom to result in a better society overall. Americans take the opposite side here. See, it's actually not at all a naive question of "who has more freedom", because each side can be argued to be more free than the other. Ultimately, it comes down to what choice results in a 'better', more livable society. Germany and the US simply make different tradeoffs.