somerset maugham proposes via an american character in late victorian germany a two-prong test for whether a society is free: can people live as they please? can people think as they please?
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Through his character, he claims contemporary France passes only the first test, and contemporary Germany only the second. England, to him, fails on both points.
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Hot take: America seems to be progressing on the first test and regressing on the second. Observation over thirty years: people are much more free to live as they please. Regulation of private life has plummeted, especially with respect to gender and sex.
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oh in plain language positive liberty is the practical ability to do things negative liberty the freedom from constraints heres some wordier shithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_liberty …
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i would guess negative liberties, or sort of--freedom from societal judgment of one's way of life those two categories seem related
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