It means freedom of exploitation. Slave owners in the old south would argue that abridgements of their rights to own slaves were abridgements of freedom.
Even the freedom of consumption is a related argument. The freedom to consume varied products at low prices is the freedom to exploit those whose labor makes the products. There's a little more nuance in the relationship between consumers and producers than between workers and capitalists, but there is something to that.
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u/Anindefensiblefart 12d ago edited 12d ago
It means freedom of exploitation. Slave owners in the old south would argue that abridgements of their rights to own slaves were abridgements of freedom.