Why are yanks so obsessed with '''''''''''freedom'''''''''''
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Why are yanks so obsessed with '''''''''''freedom''''''''''' when they barely even have any?
>>62005234
we've been brainwashed with the idea of "american exceptionalism"
>>62005748
>he escaped the brainwashing
are you new in america my friend
>>62005748
Yes, instead you've been brainwashed with liberal idea of "America sucks."
I'm pretty sure Denmark is also a monarchy, why aren't they in the rectangle?
>hong kong
>free
>>62005234
How did they calculate the freedom index? Seems weird that Europe with several thought crime laws and gun bans would rank higher.
>>62005234
I hope you understand that the only things that really factor into the "freedom index" is how cucked your country is by religious, ethnic, and sexual minorities.
>>62005234
It's literally because every faggot who makes one of these indices thinks we have a police problem, where we incarcerate to many blacks, versus a black people problem
>Hong Kong
>Number 1
>>62006020
It does though
>>62006287
I HATE monkeys
>>62006029
relates to the british empire lad. USA broke away from the empire for MUH FREEDOMZ yet the ones who stayed loyal ended up being more free
>>62006251
>america doesn't have a police/private prison problem
o-ok whatever you say yanky wanky
>>62005234
>the number one country in "freedom" isn't even an independent state
I genuinely believe that a lot of these lists rank the United States so low just be contrarians. I'm not saying our country doesn't have problems and I would never say it's the most free country on the planet, but clearly American citizens have greater freedom of press, speech, and defense than the United Kingdom
>>62007713
We don't have a private prison problem. 8.4% of prisoners in the United States are in a private prison, unlike the UK, which was the very first country on the planet to have private prisons and houses 15% of their prisoner population in private prisons. The idea of cops throwing people in jail to make corporations money is a lazy fantasy popular with community college students to explain away the complexities of the criminal justice system
>>62005234
Denmark, Sweden and Norway are also monarchies.
>>62005234
>Germany
>12
HARHARHARHAR
no
>>62005234
>HK
>free
another bullshit map by some autist, nothing to see here
>>62008129
>25% of the world's prison population
>>62008179
see >>62007660
>>62008664
>map
>>62008993
Do you not know what a private prison is? Don't reply to me if you're incapable of reading my post
>>62005234
Thanks for scribbling our Ireland from the unfree monarchy cucks lad. It's a shame about you though.
>>62005234
16 out of 196 isn't that bad desu but still not as good as it could be
>>62005234
Your country literally banned knives. I'm gonna go ahead and say this chart is bullshit.
>>62010284
I like how Ameroca equates a few "negative" liberties like constitutional carry jurisdictions, no or helmet seatbelt restrictions, access to firearms, etc, as muh freedoms.
Take a look at things like your economic system, or media, that's where freedom are and yours is substandard
>>62005234
Ah yes very impressive
>>62005234
>NZ
>Australia
>free
Nice chart.
>>62011465
HOWEVER
>>62011431
>no helmet or seatbelt restrictions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/helmetuse/mapmotorcyclehelmets?topicName=Motorcycles
>>62005234
>UK
>Freedom
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14557772
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29678989
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/27/student-jailed-fabrice-muamba-tweets
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/24/two-jailed-twitter-abuse-feminist-campaigner
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2890080/Police-Man-jailed-Facebook-police-threats.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-17515992
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552154/Woman-jailed-trolling-HERSELF-24-year-old-bombarded-Facebook-page-fake-abuse-bid-incriminate-estranged-family.html
At least I can still post offensive shit without a visit from the cops.