政治上的自由是指社会关系中受到保障或得到认可的按照自己意志进行活动的权利。在阶级社会里,这种自由权利,总是同生产资料的占有和政治上的统治联系在一起的。历史上,在经济上占统治地位的统治阶级利用国家政权实现其阶级统治,维护和巩固本阶级利益,规定、支配以至剥夺被统治阶级的自由权利。就这个意义上说,政治上的自由权利只能为统治阶级所享受。有统治压迫被统治阶级的自由,就没有被统治阶级不受压迫的自由。但这并不意味着统治阶级享受的政治自由就是绝对的。主要因为: Political freedom is the right to conduct activities in accordance with one's own will that is guaranteed or recognized in social relations. In a class society, this right to freedom is always associated with possession of the means of production and political rule. Historically, the economically dominant ruling class used state power to achieve its class rule, maintained and consolidated its class interests, and provided for, controlled, and even stripped the ruling class of its freedom rights. In this sense, political freedom rights can only be enjoyed by the ruling class. There is freedom to rule the oppressed class, and there is no freedom of being oppressed by the ruling class. But this does not mean that the political freedom enjoyed by the ruling class is absolute. mainly because: