> Nor do I have any illusions to Europe, much less eastern europe being all that "free Europe consistenly gets the highest ranking in things that test for diff

> Nor do I have any illusions to Europe, much less eastern europe being all that "free Europe consistenly gets the highest ranking in things that test for different aspects of freedom (democracy, press, police violence, etc.) To be clear: it's not that Europe can't do better, but if you care about 'freedom' it's a better place to be than pretty much any other region on the planet.