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This is the fundamental tradeoff of the American way of life. Freedom to versus freedom from.

sixQuarks 6y ago
Haha, Sorry but Americans THINK they know freedom. The US is full of regulation and red tape. Let’s see you buy a house and do whatever you want on the property, even in rural areas. 3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want
- aphextron 6y ago
  That's the true greatness of the US though. Finding a balance between provision for the rule of law, enforcement of contracts, protection of civil liberties, and environmental/food/drug regulation alongside the right to do whatever the hell you want personally. It's why many things like our homicide rate, car fatality rate, and poverty rates can seem third world in nature, yet our institutions and regulatory agencies are the gold standard for the world.
  - ncmncm 6y ago
    Poverty, infant mortality, mutagens and endocrine disruptors in drinking water, police impunity, more incarcerated than entire rest of the world combined, institutional corruption, $140M fighter jet with 600+ designed-in class 1 faults that cannot be cancelled because its parts are contracted out to 48 different states. So, yes, "third world in nature". But the billionaires find life here pretty convenient.
- p1esk 6y ago
  3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want And others have freedom to what they want to you. Unless you’re rich and/or connected.
- Pokepokalypse 6y ago
  I do own a house I had built on rural property, and there's a lot more lattitude (you might call it "freedom") for what you can do on your property. On the other hand, no matter where you live, there's always a few "karens" in the neighborhood who will do what they can to keep you from say, renting your property out and having large numbers of otherwise homeless people setting up a tent-city. (that seems to be one of the hard limits).
- AuryGlenz 6y ago
  I live in a rural area in the US and I’m having a hard time coming up with anything that I couldn’t do on/to my property. I can shoot guns. I could blow stuff up. I regularly go in my hot tub naked. I couldn’t make drugs, I suppose. Selling the property afterwards is another story, as things need to be up to code.
  - fermienrico 6y ago
    More than gov, I am bothered by HOAssholes in our community. These people are the worst, the most empty people on the planet. Being part of the HOA leadership doesn't mean you're an emperor of this land that I paid for. I would kill to get out in the country side and buy my own piece of land without HOA. Makes me angry just thinking about this.
  - sixQuarks 6y ago
    Can you open a gas station in your front yard?

Haha, Sorry but Americans THINK they know freedom. The US is full of regulation and red tape. Let’s see you buy a house and do whatever you want on the property, even in rural areas. 3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want

aphextron 6y ago
That's the true greatness of the US though. Finding a balance between provision for the rule of law, enforcement of contracts, protection of civil liberties, and environmental/food/drug regulation alongside the right to do whatever the hell you want personally. It's why many things like our homicide rate, car fatality rate, and poverty rates can seem third world in nature, yet our institutions and regulatory agencies are the gold standard for the world.
- ncmncm 6y ago
  Poverty, infant mortality, mutagens and endocrine disruptors in drinking water, police impunity, more incarcerated than entire rest of the world combined, institutional corruption, $140M fighter jet with 600+ designed-in class 1 faults that cannot be cancelled because its parts are contracted out to 48 different states. So, yes, "third world in nature". But the billionaires find life here pretty convenient.
p1esk 6y ago
3rd world countries have the true freedom to do what you want And others have freedom to what they want to you. Unless you’re rich and/or connected.
Pokepokalypse 6y ago
I do own a house I had built on rural property, and there's a lot more lattitude (you might call it "freedom") for what you can do on your property. On the other hand, no matter where you live, there's always a few "karens" in the neighborhood who will do what they can to keep you from say, renting your property out and having large numbers of otherwise homeless people setting up a tent-city. (that seems to be one of the hard limits).
AuryGlenz 6y ago
I live in a rural area in the US and I’m having a hard time coming up with anything that I couldn’t do on/to my property. I can shoot guns. I could blow stuff up. I regularly go in my hot tub naked. I couldn’t make drugs, I suppose. Selling the property afterwards is another story, as things need to be up to code.
- fermienrico 6y ago
  More than gov, I am bothered by HOAssholes in our community. These people are the worst, the most empty people on the planet. Being part of the HOA leadership doesn't mean you're an emperor of this land that I paid for. I would kill to get out in the country side and buy my own piece of land without HOA. Makes me angry just thinking about this.
- sixQuarks 6y ago
  Can you open a gas station in your front yard?