alt Hacker News> In the US, the freedom is explicitly for the people, not Federal nor State government.
I don't see how anyone can make this claim in 2026 and not expect to be laughed out of the room? In practice, freedom is for sale; it's not available to the people nor the citizens.
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ben_w • yesterday at 8:16 PM
Normal in history. Change often isn't binary. Consider for example: the exact date of the end of the British empire is several possible dates between "the independence of Ireland in the immediate aftermath of WW1" and "it still hasn't".
This is irrelevant to the subject at hand. Not everything needs to be about whatever outrage bait is the current thing on your social media feed.