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> You can go to jail in the UK for a drunk tweet on X (twitter). That is not a free society at it's core. You could go to jail in the US for a myriad of things
by manuelabeledo 3y ago
> You can go to jail in the UK for a drunk tweet on X (twitter). That is not a free society at it's core.
You could go to jail in the US for a myriad of things that aren't even crimes in the UK. Public urination, for instance. And the US incarceration rate is 4x that of the UK.
Not sure which country is more "free".
- gillytech 3y ago[flagged]
- manuelabeledo 3y agoOne of the first Anglo colonizers who also fought in the war of independence, what an honour! Jokes aside, it wouldn't hurt to have a more sensible penitentiary and reformation system.