War is peace

[Morrigoon]

Hmm... where to even BEGIN with this one...

For example, you are not free to go from DL's picnic area to the bathroom a mere 20 feet away without subjecting yourself and packages to a search. (I know that's not based in stuff done by the gov't, but it IS a reduction in freedom)

You are not free to go from your car to an airplane without removing your shoes.

You are not free to do your nails on an airplane as that equipment (tweezers, for crying out loud!) will be taken away from you.

You are not free to hand-carry your expensive golf clubs on the plane, but must instead subject them to all the rough treatment of such checked baggage. (there was a time when you could bring up to 3 clubs hand-carried, but I'm almost positive you can't even do that anymore)

You are not allowed to carry anything with you that MIGHT POSSIBLY be used as a weapon, regardless of your actual intent for the object.

These are small freedoms, but they're freedoms.

You do not have full freedom of speech in public places (for example, the freedom to crack a joke), if such speech might be misconstrued as a threat

Boy scouts are not free to carry their penknives, as they had previously been free to do (this technically is more due to zero-tolerance policies on school violence, but it does equate to a loss of freedoms)