I think we are using old words or expressions said by famous people in order to establish rules in a pretty different social frame to ours.
Should not we update our language to define our present social conditions?
For me, "free" is a rather inaccurate word to gain consensus on the basics of social norms. The word "Free" carries a long semantic background of emotion and romanticism, with little practical value for settling respectful traits among members of a society. This is particularly relevant when you realize that actually is a secondary concept in terms of obtaining "social coherence" which is the ultimate goal of any rightful social construct.
It gets even worse when we still see our self decoupled from the rest of "our humanity" by obsolete concept nomenclatures, like property, or competitiveness, and considering the personal sphere as "the supreme consideration".
In order to evolve as a specie, we must start changing the narrative and semantics we use to describe the new reality.
I do not mean that Freedom is not a very relevant human concept, but maybe "Coherence" is a far more relevant concept than Freedom And cooperation far richer than competence.
Reality is emerging and exponentially faster, and we should be more flexible in order to thrive.