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The former U.S. that was once the freest place on earth.

by RagnarD 1mo ago

cindyllm 1mo ago
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AbsurdCensor 1mo ago
The US being the 'free-st' place on earth at anytime is quite the misnomer. Sure, you can be 'free' if you are white, wealthy, oh and land owning. Tale as old as time. Sure, you can protest, but many many other countries have far surpassed the US on that one, and have been doing it a whole lot longer.
brookst 1mo ago
As long as you were a straight white Christian male, maybe.
- pylotlight 1mo ago
  You mean the typically most oppressed minorities these days, given that you people freak out about these people constantly?
  - duskdozer 1mo ago
    Are you saying that straight white Christen men are the most oppressed group in the US?
    - inigyou 1mo ago
      Yes, I believe they are unironically saying that.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1mo ago
  Then why are so many non-white, non-Christians still flocking here? Why would anyone want to come to this country if it's such a hellhole? I'm not buying it. Turn off the news and go out into society, preferably one of those small so-called racist communities. You'll find out the truth, one way or the other.
  - platevoltage 1mo ago
    Why believe historical data? Just go outside and find your own anecdotes.
  - brookst 1mo ago
    Well many had ancestors brought over in slave ships. Others came to work the railroads because they were willing to trade racist abuse for economic benefits. Are you really that unfamiliar with American history?
arcatek 1mo ago
Hold your horses, segregation was abolished in 1954, not sure US has ever been close from "the freest place on earth".
- RajT88 1mo ago
  For the freest place on earth we are super high up on the list of incarcerated per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...
eastof 1mo ago
As a successful nonwhite person in the US, AbsurdCensor made an infantilizing comment. Non white people have flocked here in droves because of the freedom afforded to anyone to become wealthy. I agree that we are back sliding (tax burden, regulatory burden, political repression, etc.) but it is absurd to make it about race and say that it wasn't once the freest place to start a business and even express yourself.
- inigyou 1mo ago
  Freedom to become wealthy was never true. It was the dream they sold you to get you to flock there.
yakbarber 1mo ago
It never was. The US is under as much propaganda as NK they just refuse to recognise it from the inside, which is simply propaganda working.
platevoltage 1mo ago
What time period are you using as an example?

The former U.S. that was once the freest place on earth.

by RagnarD 1mo ago

The former U.S. that was once the freest place on earth.

cindyllm 1mo ago

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AbsurdCensor 1mo ago

The US being the 'free-st' place on earth at anytime is quite the misnomer. Sure, you can be 'free' if you are white, wealthy, oh and land owning. Tale as old as time. Sure, you can protest, but many many other countries have far surpassed the US on that one, and have been doing it a whole lot longer.

brookst 1mo ago

As long as you were a straight white Christian male, maybe.

pylotlight 1mo ago
You mean the typically most oppressed minorities these days, given that you people freak out about these people constantly?
- duskdozer 1mo ago
  Are you saying that straight white Christen men are the most oppressed group in the US?
  - inigyou 1mo ago
    Yes, I believe they are unironically saying that.
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1mo ago
Then why are so many non-white, non-Christians still flocking here? Why would anyone want to come to this country if it's such a hellhole? I'm not buying it. Turn off the news and go out into society, preferably one of those small so-called racist communities. You'll find out the truth, one way or the other.
- platevoltage 1mo ago
  Why believe historical data? Just go outside and find your own anecdotes.
- brookst 1mo ago
  Well many had ancestors brought over in slave ships. Others came to work the railroads because they were willing to trade racist abuse for economic benefits. Are you really that unfamiliar with American history?

arcatek 1mo ago

Hold your horses, segregation was abolished in 1954, not sure US has ever been close from "the freest place on earth".

RajT88 1mo ago
For the freest place on earth we are super high up on the list of incarcerated per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...

eastof 1mo ago

As a successful nonwhite person in the US, AbsurdCensor made an infantilizing comment. Non white people have flocked here in droves because of the freedom afforded to anyone to become wealthy. I agree that we are back sliding (tax burden, regulatory burden, political repression, etc.) but it is absurd to make it about race and say that it wasn't once the freest place to start a business and even express yourself.

inigyou 1mo ago
Freedom to become wealthy was never true. It was the dream they sold you to get you to flock there.

yakbarber 1mo ago

It never was. The US is under as much propaganda as NK they just refuse to recognise it from the inside, which is simply propaganda working.

platevoltage 1mo ago

What time period are you using as an example?