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Indeed. The problem with blindly giving everyone freedom is that many people don't value it (in which case they will abuse it to take others' freedom, see CDs) or can't handle it (in which case they will ruin their lives and squander their freedom, see Barto). Freedom can be argued to be both a universal right that everyone is due, and a sacred treasure that one must be worthy of; I suppose the logical synthesis here is to declare it a right to become worthy. Furthermore, I recognize a distinction between short-term freedom and long-term freedom, and that it's arguably better to pursue the latter ahead of the former.