[cblum]

Can you elaborate on that? Sounds really interesting.

I grew up in a place you could call “rural South America” (specifically in a rural border town between Brazil and Uruguay) and at the time didn’t feel free there, but these days there’s a lot I think I could appreciate about the place if I were to go back (I’ve been living in the US for the past 13 years).

[camel_Snake]

Reading the parent comment, I assume their use of 'freedom' more closely aligns with being undisturbed by a government.

It's a very common usage in America, focusing on "Freedom from X" rather than "Freedom to do Y", the latter of which often needs some sort of societal protection, most often provided by said government.