> 1. The first few paragraphs define the term by example I guess I didn't manage to understand what they defined it as, so I couldn't even see what they were s

> 1. The first few paragraphs define the term by example I guess I didn't manage to understand what they defined it as, so I couldn't even see what they were saying the problem was. All I got was, nowadays, you are only free to do what you can afford, and less and less people can afford much, so freedom is lost. I totally agree with that, but I couldn't see what the author implies we were told would make us free but didn't?