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it's a small example but it holds true from the lowest level to the highest.
Individual:
If you come into my house, you're not going to smoke in here, because that's a rule (law) that I made. I'm the governor, the mayor, and the president of my house, all rolled into one. Don't like the rule? You're FREE to go outside and smoke.
Local:
I can't park on the street after 10pm. That's a rule (law) that my HOA made and I have to follow. I freely opted into that. If I don't like it, I am FREE to move across town where I can park wherever I want for as long as I want.
State:
If you don't like the condom law (if it exists) in Wisconsin, no one is forcing you to stay there. You are FREE to go to Minnesota and sell your condoms. If you stay in Wisconsin, you follow their rules (laws).
Federal:
you get the idea. Don't like the federal rules (laws)? You are FREE to go to some other country and do whatever you want. But that's the one that'll likely put a big dent in your freedom.
The beauty of it is, you are free to do all these things, and you're also free to bitch and complain about it, write a book about it, publish a website about it, lease some cable access time and do a tv show about it, talk on the radio about it, tell your friends about it, start petitions to change it, hell, you can even paint yourself purple and hold a rally in the park about it while dancing on a harpsichord singing Yankee Doodle Dandee and smearing pumpkin pie on your crotch.
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