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Do you have any source showing the US is “one of the most free countries”? It figures as just moderate/mostly free in all lists I could find. Also, immigrants
by herval 7y ago
Do you have any source showing the US is “one of the most free countries”? It figures as just moderate/mostly free in all lists I could find.
Also, immigrants don’t come to the US for “freedom”. _Maybe_ in the past, but definitely not today. We move here because it’s where the opportunities are, or (in the case of many refugees) to escape violence.
- oh_sigh 7y agoSo you're saying that people go to the US for economic freedom, and freedom from violence?
- herval 7y agoNo, not at all. There’s plenty of places with more economic freedom - less regulation, lower taxes, simpler rules. The US simply has more _opportunities_ and (particularly in tech/sciences) and pays _much_ more money for the same job. It’s just leverage, not “freedom”. :)
- sandworm101 7y agoThere are plenty of freedom indexes published by all sorts of agencies and NGOs. The US does not top ANY of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices -------- US: #16 Canada:#9 UK:#11 HK:#1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_of_the_World_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_of_the_World_... US:#25/26 Canada:#6/7 UK:#14 Norway:#1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index US:#33 Canada:#20 UK:#39 Norway:#1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Press_(report) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_Press_(report) US:#10 Canada:#3 UK:#36 The Netherlands:#1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Index_of_Moral_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Index_of_Moral_Freedom