"Freedom" generally is treated as "Freedom to do the things you ought to be free to do", sometimes not very explicitly.
That people should feel that the actual restrictions on their freedom are just and necessary is certainly desirable.
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That's why I liked the idea of the divine right of kings. That would be a good Matrix, don't you agree? Probably not going to fly these days
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Sure, that ship has sailed. It's also questionable how much the average citizen really held 'divine right of kings' as an article of faith.
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I doubt it's all that necessary to provide sacral justification for authority, so long as people feel the system works in their interests.
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It seems the desire for "political freedoms" in functioning states needs to be constantly stirred up by NGO agitators and subsides otherwise
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