Outclassed by Canada, New Zealand, Australia and almost every western European country, except France and Spain and Italy.
https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index
Where is your freedom now, Americans?
[spoiler]at least you have guns :^] [/spoiler]
Based on these factors
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1. Legal Protection and Security
A. Rule of Law
i. Procedural Justice
ii. Civil Justice
iii. Criminal Justice
B. Security and Safety
i. Homicide
ii. Disappearances, Conflict, and Terrorism
a. Disappearances
b. Violent Conflicts
c. Internal Organized Conflict
d. Terrorism Fatalities
e. Terrorism Injuries
iii. Women’s Security and Safety
a. Female Genital Mutilation
b. Missing Women
c. Equal Inheritance Rights
- Widows
- Daughters
2. Specific Personal Freedoms
A. Movement
i. Foreign Movement
ii. Domestic Movement
iii. Women’s Movement
B. Religion
i. Freedom to Establish Religious Organizations
ii. Autonomy of Religious Organizations
C. Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
i. Freedom of Association
ii. Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration
iii. Autonomy of Organizations
a. Political Parties
b. Professional Organizations
c. Educational, Sporting, and Cultural Organizations
iv. Freedom to Establish Organizations
a. Political Parties
b. Professional Organizations
c. Educational, Sporting, and Cultural Organizations
D. Expression
i. Press Killings
ii. Laws and Regulations that Influence Media Content
iii. Political Pressures and Controls on Media Content
iv. Freedom of Access to Foreign Information
a. Access to Foreign Television
b. Access to Foreign Newspapers
v. State Control over Internet Access
E. Relationships
i. Parental Rights
a. In Marriage
b. After Divorce
ii. Same-Sex Relationships
a. Male-to-Male Relationships
b. Female-to-Female Relationships
iii. Divorce[/spoiler]
[url=https://imgur.com/a/GmgFr]USA VS CANADA VS NETHERLANDS FREEDOM[/url]
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Canada has a police force who's sole duty is to make sure you speak french, and use french labels instead of English labels. Sooooo free
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17 RepliesEdited by Oak_Khan: 12/13/2017 8:49:32 PMThose factors are bullshit Freedom is based on privacy and speech laws(including censorship). Trying to quantify it based on anything else is stupid
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*munches popcorn happily*
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Yeah sure whatever. If I ranked the economies of countries by the proportion of sheep to people then Mongolia would be way up there. But I'd prefer to use actual economic qualities. Similarly I'll accept a freedom ranking from something using qualifiers that rank freedom.
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https://i.imgur.com/hCWSKGt.png lol why would anyone take this srsly is beyond me then again it's cato the extreme racist think tank
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America would be more free if it weren't for the average American idiot.....sorry, I mean person.
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Not sure I'd agree with one of the least free, but it's definitely not among the most free. There's a lot of other metrics and rankings (such as press freedom, for example) that confirm this as well.
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Freedom is an illusion.
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Fine. Where's my one way ticket to Pyongyang?
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48 RepliesI can go to jail for speaking my political beliefs here in Canada. I also lose a large portion of my income to pay for crappy healthcare that I don't want. We are not that free.
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18 Repliesidk im pretty sure in america i can say what i want, drive where i want, eat what i want, own a firearm idk what we're missing
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Holland is in every way more free than America. In Holland you could snort a line of coke, while screwing a hooker, in front of a cop. How's that for American freedom
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Yeah America is full of stupid sugar children. Like three generations of sugar children. We’re dying.
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No neutrality no freedom yikes
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12 RepliesI wish freedom of speech was more liberal here in the UK! You can't say jack shit!
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Edited by Onion Beetle Fan: 12/15/2017 12:07:43 PM[quote] [url=https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index]https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index[/url] [/quote] why you posting extreme racist right wing sites?
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[spoiler]kewl[/spoiler]
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11 RepliesCanada is NOT more free than America. Last I checked recently, you can get arrested for "offending" Islam or saying the wrong gender pro-noun here. You can also get arrested for "bullying" online when that was trendy for the Liberals to jump in on years ago. If I drew a picture of a reverse gender Prophet Muhammad with goofy eyes and posted it online. Could I get arrested and fined? Would I get arrested and fined in America? I also want to point out, that "ok to be white" sign stuff going around? Is an arrest-able offence around the East apparently. Some Canadian outlets were calling on people to call the police for hate-crime if they see that sign. Ridiculous....
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I'd still much rather live here versus most other places in the world.
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2 RepliesSorry they can't hear you over all their freedom.
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But why the hate tho
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4 RepliesThis threads going to be a -blam!-ing salt bonanza
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1 ReplyI'm an American and I hate America. Would much rather live in any one of the countries you mentioned.
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15 RepliesEdited by Uncanny_Vale: 12/13/2017 9:43:02 PMHow is Hong Kong number 1 on that list? They don’t even have a proper democracy. The country is owned by China, one of the least free countries on earth. Their “elections” consist of candidates that China selects. Not sure what criteria the makers of this list use to determine “freedom” but I would of thought free and democratic elections should be a major factor. Obviously not. http://amp.timeinc.net/time/2948545/hong-kongs-people-are-left-wondering-how-long-they-will-have-to-wait-for-genuine-democracy
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10 RepliesPosting a study from 2013-2014. At least I can't be jailed in my state for accidentally calling a person, "sir" and can make a tweet without having the cops knock on my door. 'Ol Bush and Bama weren't great for freedom in America, that's for sure.
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Edited by Fat Body: 12/14/2017 1:20:17 AM>When you try to quantify freedom using math but you forget no other country has a second amendment so they don't have any ability to fight for their freedom if and when their government becomes a dictatorship. >When half the things you mention don't even relate to freedom lmao Divorce? Disappearances? Violent conflicts? Wtf?