> you don't get to hear the "USA is on the way to become $dictatorship" near as often as "actually $dictatorship is just as free or freer than the USA". I thi

> you don't get to hear the "USA is on the way to become $dictatorship" near as often as "actually $dictatorship is just as free or freer than the USA". I think either can be the prominent message; it depends on the speaker(s). People who favor dictatorship-enabling factors will rationalize and redefine those factors as freedom.