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Economic freedom is very underrated compared freedom of political expression. There are many ways in which Singaporeans are much more free than we are.
by wycs 9y ago
Economic freedom is very underrated compared freedom of political expression. There are many ways in which Singaporeans are much more free than we are.
- ceejayoz 9y agoEconomic freedom (which I'm presuming means "lower taxes"?) isn't much use to you if you're executed for possessing drugs, or indefinitely detained without charge, need a permit to assemble, can't criticize the government, etc.
- devnonymous 9y ago> if you're executed for possessing drugs, or indefinitely detained without charge, need a permit to assemble, can't criticize the government, etc. Erm, all those things(+) can, and do, happen in 'free' countries. They're just not officially sanctioned and are reported differently. If you were to look at this objectively (without depending on just the official figures) I'd say per capita, human rights abuse / exploitation is worse in the US than Singapore. (+) and worse, eg: get executed for being the wrong color at the wrong time and place
- ceejayoz 9y agoOK... but I never claimed the US to be a "libertarian paradise", either. Neither the US nor Singapore could be, by any stretch of imagination, accurately deemed "libertarian paradises".