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Peter Ustinov

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

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Peter Ustinov is saying that although people in America can technically make their own decisions, the options available to them are very limited because society pushes everyone to act the same way. This means that the idea of freedom is more about having the illusion of choice rather than truly having different possibilities to pick from.

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