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Why Are So Many People Googling “Is It Possible To Have Too Much Freedom”?

America: the land of the free, and the home of the brave. We have been known as the pinnacle of liberty and freedom, the last bastion of both. The country for which many have risked life and limb to get here. Ironically though, many Americans recently seem to have forgotten the meaning of freedom, and are even going as far as questioning if we have too much of it.

By Luna Salinas5 min read
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How much freedom is too much? This question has been the subject of viral TED Talks like “Too much freedom will kill us” and another titled, "How much freedom is too much freedom?" Additionally, “too much freedom” has been an oddly popular search term on Google over the past several months with supplementary questions popping up like, "is freedom a good thing or a bad thing?" being discussed.