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Am I crazy for wanting to leave the US? Is it like this everywhere?

• sp332 12y ago
  Where would you go?
  • nickysielicki 12y ago
    Europe
    • sp332 12y ago
      Europe generally has fewer privacy and free speech protections than the US. And in some countries, the NSA and the national government will be spying on you. https://www.thewire.com/global/2013/10/france-not-happy-about-latest-snowden-leak/70733/ https://www.thewire.com/global/2013/10/france-not-happy-abou...
      • krick 12y ago
        I don't need any "protections", I need to be left alone. That's how I actually can speak free, feel free and don't worry about my privacy too much (well, as long as I don't use skype, gmail, mobile phone… well, everything is relative, ok?). And honestly I thing that only fools believe in stuff like "free speech protections", although I usually don't try to persuade anybody about all these abstract matters. So, yeah, I'm just fine in Europe without all these "free speech protections" and stuff. I guess it could be better, but I don't feel like leaving to Siberia or some desert island yet.
        • sp332 12y ago
          I don't understand the distinction you are making between free speech and being able to speak freely. I'm not talking about an abstract concept, I mean posting certain things on your blog is actually illegal. And being spied on by the government is the the opposite of being left alone, so I think you should be against that too.
• evbogue 12y ago
  I left in 2013 and my paranoia level has decreased since.
  • nickysielicki 12y ago
    If I may ask, where to?