Not sure why you’re being downvoted, but that’s exactly what I’d say too. In terms of day to day life, it feels more free in many ways. Alcohol is sold freely,

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, but that’s exactly what I’d say too. In terms of day to day life, it feels more free in many ways. Alcohol is sold freely, small merchants set up on the sidewalk, traffic laws might as well not exist, and nobody will hassle you for spitting on the ground. Of course, you have to spend hours screwing around with VPN software just to read the New York Times, and some of this freedom for other people ends up curtailing your own, like when people burn a shitload of dirty coal with no filters and make it hard to breathe outside. But you certainly don’t feel oppressed as a visitor when you’re not online.