> Literally all of the EU have a massively lower rate and in none of the countries it is remotely illegal to criticize the government. Yes, and? I didn't say t

> Literally all of the EU have a massively lower rate and in none of the countries it is remotely illegal to criticize the government. Yes, and? I didn't say that's the case in every country with a lower rate, I said there's countries that have a lower rate, but can hardly be called free. To judge something as complex as this by a single metric doesn't even pass the smell test.