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There are people for whom liberty is an absolute and there is litterally nothing that justifies curtailing it. For a sizable population the entire moral suprema

There are people for whom liberty is an absolute and there is litterally nothing that justifies curtailing it. For a sizable population the entire moral supremacy of the United States is that it is a place that they feel uniquely safeguards it. I have no dog in this fight as I don’t live there, but I see it as a theme in enough comments and threads that I’m surprised some Americans seem so oblivious to the perspective of their fellow countrymen.

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
> it is a place that they feel uniquely safeguards it This isn't news, just read de Tocqueville. As an American I'm comforted by the idea that a significant part of my compatriots will resist any order by virtue of being ordered. Treat other people like humans with dignity that must be persuaded instead of commanded. That's the American ideal imo.
- a0-prw 6y ago
  That's not the way America treats other people around the world.
  - gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
    Hence why they're referred to as ideals. No one lives up to them as a consequence of being human. That doesn't invalidate them.