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A couple of things that I find interesting to think about. Firstly, are the people of the USA freer than the people of China? I find that quite an easy questi
by tome 9y ago
A couple of things that I find interesting to think about.
Firstly, are the people of the USA freer than the people of China? I find that quite an easy question to answer.
Secondly, a harder one. Are the people of Chile freer of less free than they would have counterfactually been if the USSR had come to dominate Latin America (and won the Cold War into the bargain)?
- andrepd 9y agoTo your first point: yes, quite an easy question indeed. However saying "A is ok because B does it even worse" is hardly a convincing argument. To your second point: I don't know, yet in my opinion it should be left to the people of that country to decide what they want for themselves, don't you think? -_- "Democracy!", scream the US patriots, yet meddling and overthrowing democratically elected rulers when it doesn't align with their interests, under the flimsy excuse of "they didn't make the right choice, we know better, with our dictator they will be more free than with their choice". Just doesn't sit right with me.