>In practice the US performs rather badly when scores on civil liberties. Which IMO is mostly a reflection of a country in which a large subset of the electora

>In practice the US performs rather badly when scores on civil liberties. Which IMO is mostly a reflection of a country in which a large subset of the electorate do not really believe in human rights beyond the extent of a useful legal fiction to be followed in the default case and quietly ignored in the pursuit of specific outcomes. If the people had a hardline stance on human rights and civil liberties the government would reflect that.