freedom is not merely a lack of restraint, but is rather a lack of restriction. for, even the most enslaved person can discard restraint, if they are willing to face the consequences, and to be free of consequence from your own actions is merely to enslave those around you to the ramifications of them. so, that is not freedom. freedom is only real when it allows for the actualization of responsible self-interest, in a way that minimizes harm to everybody else.