Freedom is a touchy subject. As Americans we think everyone should have freedom and with freedom you can choose your government. We think that everyone should choose democracy because democracy is the government of the free. Some people do not agree. They like their monarch, their parliament etc. Many would rather these kinds of government because they require less input from the citizens and the government is trusted to make the hard decisions. I'm not positive on the set ups of these other governmental setups but at least on the surface they designate more power to the government than the civilian population. Most of these set ups include free people but Americans see them as not the best kind of free since they give over any power.
This is why freedom is a touchy subject. Everyone sees it different. Sartre saw it as the radical freedom where you are free to do whatever you want. Someone who has never been able to make a choice for themselves may see freedom as being able to choose what to eat and what to wear. Everyone's perceptions are skewed by their backgrounds and their culture so discussing freedom can be difficult. There are so many varying degrees of freedom.
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