Freedom to choose isn't freedom to speak or act without consequence.
For there to be social order, there must be laws and leaders.
By all means, leave if you don't like the society you're in.
But if you can't or don't want to, and yet don't want to be a follower, you have to become a leader, a law-changer or -maker, and/or a pariah.
One is not necessarily better than the others.
So make your choice and live with it.