Freedom is one of those positive ambiguous words political parties attempt to appropriate as a descriptor for their particular parties. This seems an impossibility as an outsider looking at such claims when applied to some situations.
The book club I which I spend a couple of hours each Saturday morning has been reading The Big Myth. Freedom plays a central role in this book which seeks to challenge the “magic of the marketplace” compared to government guidelines and regulations. Freedom ends up as a justification for market forces. Employees and workers both just want to be free.
The resistance of employees who worked from home during the pandemic to return to the workplace is an interesting challenge to the assumption that the market knows best (McKinsey study). Evidence seems to indicate that workers are more productive from home and save time commuting they are not compensated for. There does appear to be some loss in mentoring and creativity. The freedom argument is being tested. Whose freedom?