Good point! As for myself, I think I had much more freedom of speech when I was younger, but you're right, maybe it was never 100%. Maybe 100% freedom is only an ideal to strive toward, not a state to exist in.
It's funny when talking about how the various religions and factions within those religions are basically trying to take over the world, and make everybody believe what they believe. It's even funnier because I was raised christian but ended up going my own way when I woke up (after the internet came along). I was "atheist" for a while, then "agnostic", and eventually more like "spiritual". I don't know what god is, if there was a beginning to the cosmos or if it always existed, what happened before I was alive, and what will happen after. I believe in love, and morality, and truth, and lots of other vague-sounding things. I think a lot of religious belief is messed up and contradictory. I don't think religions have a monopoly on goodness. Goodness can happen outside of religion, and evil can happen within religion. I don't think I have all the answers, but I know that a lot of religious dogma is wrong. I also know that not everything the religions say is incorrect. They are right about many things. Nothing is black and white, nothing is perfect, nothing is all good or all evil. The wiser I get, the more I realize I know almost nothing at all. All I really know is that I want freedom to exist, to search for happiness, to keep myself as healthy as possible, and to explore these ideas and more.