The "freedom vs safety" discussion is confused because often the issue is really "convenience vs safety", or other terminal goals vs safety. But our culture (imo wrongly) denigrates "mere convenience", so people end up appealing to freedom instead.
https://www.econlib.org/conven...
“自由与安全”的讨论令人困惑，因为问题往往是真正的“方便与安全”，或其他终端目标与安全。但我们的文化（imo错误地）诋毁了“纯粹的便利”，因此人们最终转而呼吁自由。
https://www.econlib.org/conven...