Of course it is, you have to constrain the powerful so they cannot take freedom away from the dispossessed.
You have to restrict the freedom of Southern plantation owners to own slaves to ensure the freedom of slaves. You have to restrict the freedom of corporations to merge into a giant conglomerate so you can protect the freedom of choice of consumers. You have to restrict the freedom of corporations to charge for the origin of internet traffic so you can protect the freedom of internet users to visit any site they wish.
Freedom in society is always an exchange and a compromise. Your freedom to swing your fist ends five centimetres away from my nose.
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