American, and to some degree other Anglo freedom, is very much based in the freedom to not be beholden to other people. Like the ideal American freedom is not having to depend on anyone for anything and being able to just up and leave at the drop of a hat. The fact that this is literally impossible is irrelevant. So from this perspective you are more free by being dependent on unaccountable corporations that you COULD cut ties with, than with a accountable democratic government you cannot escape. Yes I know it is perverse but it is really deeply ingrained in Americans, not JUST white ones either; it has the deepest purchase among white Americans because yeah... that whole settler colonialism thing.