Government constantly tries to co-opt liberty words
Words such as "marketplace", "rights". and even the word "liberty" itself!
Orwell predicted it. Or noticed it, since government has probably always done this.
If government can confuse you about what words mean and cause you to think they might mean the opposite of what they've meant before, then government can prevent you from thinking clearly. It can make some concepts literally unthinkable.
ObamaCare is the opposite of a health care "marketplace", even if that's the word they use to label it.
Rights are the opposite of privileges, even though government wants you to believe you only have the right to do what they approve of- which is what a privilege is.
And liberty does not mean "temporarily, with permission", like government uses the word in a military context.
Dishonest and deceptive to the core!
Do what you want and use words however you prefer, but if you buy- and use- the government definitions, you're not helping people understand liberty.
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