“I can do pretty much whatever I want”
Not really.
Try just merely talking about non-PC subjects at work or in public.
Try travelling by air without a strip search.
Try merely painting your house a different color.
Try buying a gun without asking permission.
Try travelling with more than a few hundred dollars in cash.
Try starting a business without federal and State intervention, such as the EPA.
Try reading a Bible on school property.
Try sending an email without the government stealing its contents.
Try filing a patent. It now costs over $22,000 to do that.
Try keeping silent during a criminal trial: They now can use your silence against you.
Try keeping your private property if the government thinks it can sell it for more tax profit: Right to private property is not subject to eminent domain merely for more tax dollars.
I could go on and on and on, but the fact is you cannot do what you want.
That’s the point I was making. Most of those things don’t touch me, or not directly enough, but how many of those things would I do if I knew I could.
The other day I wanted to hose off a plastic drop cloth on my driveway. I was afraid someone would call the city on me. I forget about things like that because I’m used to soft tyranny.