This is an interesting question, one often asked in essay contests, particularly of young people. Today s children and young adults know very little about not having freedom, even those who study the current conditions of the third world countries.
Communism is a word almost eliminated from conversations.
Dictatorship is another that many under 20 have never been introduced to in much detail. There are fewer and fewer cries of censorship because very little is censored these days. We cling so tightly to that Constitution defense that criminal actions are palliated. Children are allowed to watch movies and so-called entertaining shows that once weren t even allowed on the air for anyone. With the nod of an adult s head, many times not even the child s parent, children can get into R-rated movies.