“Here in the U.S. we have a lot of people who are hell-bent on abusing the freedom they have.
In Europe, that freedom was taken away a long time ago.”
One way of interpreting that is that we have too much freedom, if too many people are abusing those freedoms.
How do you go about keeping people from abusing their freedoms. Force is one way. Are there other ways?
Make them earn it. And treat them like subjects -- not citizens -- until they do.
This country was founded by men who would have been appalled by the idea that anyone 18 and older who is capable of breathing on a mirror would have the right to vote.