So, tell me. What freedoms do you have now that you didn't have when you were younger?
You haven't actually specified a time frame, which is of course problematic in such an analysis. But, let's cover 1960s to present.
Sexual freedoms are a big one. Sodomy is no longer illegal; same-sex couples can get married; people are free to express their sexuality with far less harassment (official and unofficial) than at any point in the past. Abortion was legalized, though many conservatives are doing whatever they can to destroy the freedom of women, and have for decades. Availability of birth control is an important freedom.
Civil rights have expanded quite a bit. Significant legislation was passed in the 1960s. While it has taken years for this to disseminate into society, we are now largely at the point where discrimination is rarely accepted.
Separation of church and state is another benefit, albeit incomplete. The imposition of government on citizens, including by such things as a school allowing prayers to be announced in a coercive way (while still giving room for private expression of religious beliefs) is significant. Exposing "intelligent design" as a mere gambit by Creationists to impose their religious beliefs on others was shut down.
Freedom of expression is important as well. We've established that the government was not able to quash the Pentagon Papers; we saw a President who abused his authority and subverted the electoral system essentially thrown out of office. A critical right to protest, despite the distaste of government, has been well established (notably in the Skokie case).
I could go on, but those are a few notable examples.
Not everything has moved in one uniform direction -- that's extremely rare no matter what. In particular, things like the Patriot Act, the DMCA, the rebirth of the NSA in recent years, digital surveillance are all issues. But in many notable and important ways, the US has become more free in the past 30, 40, 50 years.
Why do you think our government is so determined to get rid of a Constitution that limits the government's power to a bit less than absolute?
Uh, hello? There is absolutely no indication of any such changes.
Can you remember when lying to the police wasn't a crime? I can. Now, if you witness a robbery, no the thugs who did it, and know what they and their friends will do if you tell the police, when you say, "I was in the bathroom and didn't see what happened," you've committed a felony in some places.
Lying to police in the course of an investigation is obstruction of justice. The severity (misdemeanor or felony) varies by jurisdiction and type of obstruction. This has been a crime for a long, long time and those laws have not changed.
choice is a bad thing, isn't it? Choice of school, choice of health insurance, choice of doctor, choice in what you eat, choice in housing, choice, well, choice is bad when you have a government who can tell you what you have to do.
Zomg... so much nonsense.
You certainly can choose the school you want. You just have to follow the rules, like everyone else. Oh, and don't ask the state to pay for your private school tuition. Freeloaders, I swear....
You certainly can choose your health insurance. In fact, before the ACA, many people were unable to get insurance, because insurers would refuse to cover them for pre-existing conditions.
You certainly can choose your doctor. You just have to follow the rules, like you always have. And just as it was in the past, if your doctor is not in-network, you have to pay for it. (And no, the ACA is not to blame for insurers cutting back on their networks, that was happening for years before the ACA.)
Your choice of food options has expanded ENORMOUSLY. When was the last time you were in a supermarket, 1975?
You are not providing anything remotely along the lines of a fact-based analysis of any changes in any measures of freedoms over time. What you are doing is conflating your own sense of nostalgia, and your own preferences, with broader changes over time. Sorry not sorry, but your post is emotional rather than factual, and as such is wholly unpersuasive.
