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Which countries would those be? I'm really on the fence at the moment, between becoming active in trying to change politics for the better, or just packing up a

Which countries would those be? I'm really on the fence at the moment, between becoming active in trying to change politics for the better, or just packing up and going somewhere that doesn't spy on literally everybody and throw you in jail over a stupid joke or rap song on facebook.

cpursley 13y ago
Well, it depends on your political preference. Strong social liberty or strong economic liberty or something in between? It depends on what's important to you. Economic Freedom: http://www.heritage.org/index/ http://www.heritage.org/index/ Democracy Index: https://portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton.por_global.open_file?p_doc_id=1034 https://portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton.por_global.open_file?p_d... Human Development Index: http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/HDI_Trends_2013.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/HDI_Tre... Gun Freedom: http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html Press Freedom: http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html Drug Freedom: http://www.freeexistence.org/drugindex.html http://www.freeexistence.org/drugindex.html Various other stats: http://www.eiu.com/default.aspx http://www.eiu.com/default.aspx Just notice the trends - which countries are you seeing at the tops of most of the lists?
- vacri 13y ago
  It's curious that you mention libertarianism in your first comment, but the leaders in most of those lists are the social democracies.
  - cpursley 13y ago
    Just providing options. Personally, I'm skewed towards economic freedom.
    - vacri 13y ago
      Sure, though there are plenty of small government countries out there that aren't hell-holes (eg Vanuatu). It's just that social democracy is really quite philosophically different to libertarianism - the underlying ethos being 'everyone gets support' instead of 'every man for himself'.

cpursley 13y ago

Well, it depends on your political preference. Strong social liberty or strong economic liberty or something in between? It depends on what's important to you. Economic Freedom: http://www.heritage.org/index/ http://www.heritage.org/index/ Democracy Index: https://portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton.por_global.open_file?p_doc_id=1034 https://portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton.por_global.open_file?p_d... Human Development Index: http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/HDI_Trends_2013.pdf http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/HDI_Tre... Gun Freedom: http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html Press Freedom: http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html Drug Freedom: http://www.freeexistence.org/drugindex.html http://www.freeexistence.org/drugindex.html Various other stats: http://www.eiu.com/default.aspx http://www.eiu.com/default.aspx Just notice the trends - which countries are you seeing at the tops of most of the lists?

vacri 13y ago
It's curious that you mention libertarianism in your first comment, but the leaders in most of those lists are the social democracies.
- cpursley 13y ago
  Just providing options. Personally, I'm skewed towards economic freedom.
  - vacri 13y ago
    Sure, though there are plenty of small government countries out there that aren't hell-holes (eg Vanuatu). It's just that social democracy is really quite philosophically different to libertarianism - the underlying ethos being 'everyone gets support' instead of 'every man for himself'.