That's quite interesting. I'd expect a lot of people to say "the freedom to keep my money" is absolutely essential. We give up that right in exchange for the p

That's quite interesting. I'd expect a lot of people to say "the freedom to keep my money" is absolutely essential. We give up that right in exchange for the permanent safety that a government is supposed to grant. Life is presumably more fundamental than money, but if it's the only truly essential liberty, there is a lot of room to give up others.