> this is a country that guarantees freedom for individuals It does a piss-poor job of that for the majority of individuals > Freedom encompasses economic fre

> this is a country that guarantees freedom for individuals It does a piss-poor job of that for the majority of individuals > Freedom encompasses economic freedom That's a relatively recent, capitalistic, construction. See, e.g. The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes