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According to this view, a destitute person with no public support is more free than one who gets some kind of pension or welfare, despite the fact that the latter is the one who can do many things that are closed off to the former.
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It might take some time to sink in, but the tired cliche of being "free to starve" rests on a confusion between "freedom" and "infinte abundance".
I wonder if Mr. Kienitz thinks that slaves were better off in slavery than as free men?*
(See, I can misprepresent the arguments of my opponents too)