I’ve never understood the “freedom from government” on a site like steemit. Everything is forever recorded on the blockchain. It only takes minutes for a government to download the entire thing and scan it for “things they don’t like.” I doubt it’s that hard with their massive database to put names to people even more so with how much oversharing people do.

I think I share many of your thoughts on accountably. As far as freedom to me. It is a bit more in the collect sense as you prescribed in this blog as it has consequences as well. Having the freedom to start a business, go on vacation, to go on a hike down a trail, to speak my mind. But those also have consequences side of failure, opportunity cost and being respectful of local laws. Naturally some would feel they should be able to just go hiking on someone’s private lands in the middle of nowhere and that it should not be trespassing. While others seem to lack reasonability in the debts they take out to enjoy the good things in life.

Freedom has a very delicate balance to it. I see it slipping away every day as more and more governments and companies try and suppress and control peoples thoughts and what they are allowed to say. I hate to think what will be considered “freedom” in 100 years from now. Perhaps future history books will not even have a single hint of what we have today out of fear of people noting what freedom use to be like. Much like decades before where there was not much regulations and people just did with a far more reason what they wanted.