Question for 3rd way/Libertarians: How can anyone be free, if everything is privatized? (Expanded)

[grahamhgreen]

6. Now you made me look up the legal definition of Freedom:

Blacks law dictionary:

FREEDOM

The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint; the opposite of slavery.

The power of acting, in the character of a moral personality, according to the dictates of the will, without other check, hindrance, or prohibition than such as may be imposed by just and necessary laws and the duties of social life.

The prevalence, in the government and constitution of a country, of such a system of laws and institutions as secure civil liberty to the individual citizen.

Then, Civil Liberty:

CIVIL LIBERTY?

the political freedom that is enjoyed by members of society that restrains its people as far as is necessary to maintain the general welfare of everyone.

So, even the oligarchs do not have freedom, per se, they can merely afford to purchase the appearance of freedom from other oligarchs. Should they become to poor to purchase such favors, their 'freedom' would be non-existent.

In other words, we can not confuse the purchase of favor, with the principle of freedom.