This is a subject I like to bring up to any group of intellegent liberty-oriented people. Especially libertarians and anarchists. A situation in which their freedom of action is limited- often severely.
Freedom comes in at a distant second.
The degree to which one has freedom of action is directly proportionate to the degree to which one is responsable for his actions and his life in general. Responsable for his families food, shelter, and general well-being. When we hand over responsability for these things, we also hand over a substancial degree of freedom. Coerced non coercian is also coerced responsability. Especially libertarians and anarchists.