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Evidently you're not familiar with most of the First World? You have less freedom than most of us, not more. The NDAA wouldn't fly in Canada, or Scandinavia, o
by msbarnett 14y ago
Evidently you're not familiar with most of the First World?
You have less freedom than most of us, not more. The NDAA wouldn't fly in Canada, or Scandinavia, or ...
- graue 14y ago> Scandinavia Maybe better in some respects, but Sweden seems pretty corrupt in light of the Pirate Bay trial and Assange prosecution.
- nisse72 14y ago> pretty corrupt Based on those two examples? According to this: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/ http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/ ...4 nordic countries place in the top 7. Sweden is nr 4. The US is nr 19.
- graue 14y agoMy opinion of Sweden's government has worsened considerably thanks to those extremely blatant examples of politically-motivated injustice. A high ranking shouldn't be an excuse to sweep real problems away. For more on the Pirate Bay trial, see Falkvinge's post here: http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/06/banana-republic-justice-behind-the-scenes-of-the-pirate-bay-trial/ http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/06/banana-republic-justice-behi... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5016277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5016277
- Snoptic 14y agoSweden's two most famous failures were both kowtows to the US, so aren't much relevant in a comparison against US corruption.
- lucian1900 14y agoI'm pretty sure the parent was being sarcastic. Even vague knowledge of Europe makes that statement obviously silly.
- msbarnett 14y agoI've met a number of Americans who deeply believe that they are the free-est people on earth and that literally all of us who live outside the US are by definition constantly battling with abusive governments against which we have no recourse. It's absurd but not uncommon, sadly.