Exactly. The better the social welfare the more “free” we are. God knows how much of a set back it is for me every time I have to deal with my health or housing or whatever “social welfare” affecting things myself

I think ultimately these things either refer to “freedom” as a incoherent propagandistic ideal that the masses are trained to have a Pavlov response to and go “oh that’s the good one.” Or it’s a dog whistle to exploiters to know it means freedom to exploit. Or a little column a column b.