Control 2

There are many natural limits to our freedom, and we should respect them. We should respect the rights of others, the limitations of nature and climate for example.
But historically many of these limitations have been reinforced by human actions or rulings. Breaking some rules have led to punishment in one form or another.
This has created the idea that we are free to break rules up to the point where we are punished. But this is wrong. We are free do act only if we do not limit the freedom of others. We are not free to abuse a child, even if the child can not defend itself. We are not free to force others to defend themselves against us.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn described the Soviet society as very heavy-handed, giving the most severe punishments for small offenses or threats to the state. This was not very nice or effective.