It is possible for a citizen under an authoritarian dictator, to have more freedom then a US citizen

I. Internal Freedom is Affected by Society1) The Perceptual Set What was the first thing you saw, when you looked at the centre? Was it 13, or a B? For some it may be a 13, for others a B. But if this is one image, and I assume everybody sees this on a white screen, then why should there be a different in perception? Because of what is known as the perceptual set.Gordon Allport defined the perceptual set as, ""a perceptual bias or predisposition or readiness to perceive particular features of a stimulus"[1]. Each person has a perceptual set. Factors that affect their perception, factors that change the way the view or see things. Factors that in turn affect your opinions, values and in the end, your life. These factors include[1][2][3]:(i) bodily needs (e.g. physiological needs)(ii) reward and punishment(iii) emotional connotation(iv) individual values(v) personality(vi) the value of objects.(vii) expectation(iix) culture(ix) attitudesThese can vary from person to person and this is why it varies. It is why somebody brought up in a society which appreciates poetry and linguistics is more likely to see B. But expectation, bodily needs, connotation, reward and punishment and value can all be affected by culture, and this is where my point leads to.If a whole country is ultra-religious, and diversity is scarce, then the next child born will either be religious, affected by religion or have religious principles taught to him, or have values from his parents and friends who have been somehow affected by religion. The simple way you see things are affected by society. Something as basic as the idea that is better to travel long distances by car than walk could be enforced. Yes, it is quicker, but punctuality isn't intrinsically good. It is just one of society's positive connotations. Yes, punctuality shows you are responsible and is more likely to get you a job, which gets money, but all of that again aren't intrinsically good. Society places connotations upon every little thing which is hard to escape. All of this is extremely evident in death, which is a point of yours I agree with. Once you can escape from the notion that death is intrinsically bad, then fear is no longer existent. But then why is that positive? Because of society's connotations with fear. My premise is that everyone is a slave to their perceptual set. There is no psychological way to escape factors on your perceptual set, because they are what cause perception. So if a country is militant on authoritarian lifestyle, then even if one can be completely astray from all of that, the way you see things, preference and attitudes will all be affected by this. Freedom is the next step to integrate. True freedom is the ability for one to make choices without restraint, but everyone is restrained to their perceptual set. Somebody can have every political freedom in the world, but the fact that that is a good thing isn't objectively true. The fact that, "good" is a good thing is not objectively true. Everyone is restrained to their perceptual set. Nobody has absolute freedom, because any thoughts they have will be taught. Any method of having thoughts were taught. Somebody can have no regard for life in a society that loves life, but the fact that he has a "view" is not of his own accord. You cannot basically, include any subjectivity, because such a thing does not truly exist. Subjectivity will be tainted by surroundings inevitably, so you can only measure how much of a restrain these surroundings are for a person to actually do something.2) North Korean FreedomIn short, North Korea does not permit freedom of speech, press and assembly. Only government owned news, television, radio and music are legal. Male students are required to get a Kim-Jong-un haircut. It goes without saying that America has less restrictions. But as I said before it isn't about which restrictions, but how they much they are asserted leaving your choices. Somebody from America may have a profound fear of death, but he is still free because with that fear of death, he is able to do more. Somebody can live in a society which is ultra-conservative, but with that indoctrination, he is able to do more. A North Korean can distance himself from propaganda, but he does not have the freedom to act on that. He cannot say no to it, or leave the country, or not see it. Society still, no matter his situation, is pressuring him, restricting him, indoctrinating his family, forcing his lifestyle in a certain way, and no matter how free he feels, society enslaves him.It is not possible for somebody to have more freedom if they live in the U.S. than in an authoritarian government, because if everybody is already a slave to their perceptual set and culture, it is the culture which doesn't force itself upon that which is free. If you have two robots who are programmed, they both do not have true freedom in what they are. But the one with more freedom is the one who has an owner who is more happy with the programming doing more what it wants, than the one who wants the programming to do its own wishes. To be extremely succinct, people themselves aren't truly free. So if they, in that not truly free state are allowed to do more, then they are more free.