I don't have an “argument,” certainly not about “freedom,” anyway.
I just listed the non-white voting data, which has moved steadily to the Left for at least three decades.
If Thomas Sowell ran for mayor of Washington D.C., he wouldn't get 20% of the Black vote.
Re: “Offer most people, regardless of skin color, the choice between subsistence via handouts and by productive labor and they will choose the latter.”
Sorry, that's just not serious.
I've been in the workforce for 50 years. If I could have had the same standard of living by not working, I would have voted “YES” every day.
By the way - I've worked most of my life with blue collar ethnic groups, primarily immigrants, from every part of the world.
Since I'm a really nice, hard working, approachable person, many immigrants see me as source of wisdom on all things “American.”
You want to know the most commonly asked “lowered voice” question I've heard since 1960?
“What's wrong with American Black people?”
And what would you trade your 50 years of a productive life for? Would you be happy? Would you appreciate the things you had?
I know quite a few people that could retire and live very comfortably for the rest of their lives. These same people are also the-hardest working people I know. They are also some of the happiest people I know.
YMMV