> There's tremendous difference.

No there isn't. They are the different sides of the same coin. Any freedom from something is a constraint against someone else doing that thing.

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somenameforme 2 days ago | parent [-]

This may be how you personally interpret these things, but it is not how it has been interpreted universally for many centuries now. The freedom to do something has nothing to do with how easy it is to do, or even the absolute viability. For a basic example of the latter, every US citizen by birth has the freedom to become President some day, yet of course it is literally impossible for more than 0.000006% of people to achieve that within their expected lifetimes.

This is why constitutional guarantees of rights, the world round, are generally completely meaningless.

	▲	freejazz a day ago \| parent [-]
		>The freedom to do something has nothing to do with how easy it is to do, or even the absolute viability. Are you confusing me with someone else? > For a basic example of the latter, every US citizen by birth has the freedom to become President some day, yet of course it is literally impossible for more than 0.000006% of people to achieve that within their expected lifetimes I have no idea what this has to do with my point and you have not adequately explained the relevancy either.