bless u for nowaday stressing the "individual" freedom. People mostly think of freedom as a national thing, which is an illusion & beside the point. politicians dont mention freedom of the individual because they dont want us to have any. they confuse us with flags and national freedom mantras. the ROW views this differently. In the US, polis appear on tv in front of 3-8 flags & a lapel flag. In europe there are usually no flags or sometimes one. Europeans learned the hard way that national patriotism or nationalism is a sticky wicket, leads to wars & restrictions.