I love how people who can't argue around a fact call the fact that is giving them all the trouble a "strawman". You lose on this one, because the truth is no freedom has been lost, in fact new freedoms have been gained.
I wasn't "arguing around a fact." I was asserting that the argument "you haven't lost a right" amounts to a strawman line of argument. I even went on to agree with "no freedom has been lost."
I further opined that no freedom would be lost if we were required to submit to IRS audits on a quarterly basis, or if we had government minders not quartered in our homes.
It must be a complex point, because you and a few others miss it entirely.