Re:How the CIA writes history
by atom-morgan on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:53PM
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Freedom isn't relative to others.
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Not sure what you mean -- it's hard to think of a concept less relative than this thing called "freedom", actually. Especially as people (particularly across different cultures) tend to have wildly different conceptions as to what "freedom" really is.
Re:How the CIA writes history
by atom-morgan on Monday April 25, 2016 @04:44PM
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> But where else is better?
I was trying to say that just because you're the best doesn't mean you're "free".
It is important, since governments often use other countries' policies to excuse or justify their own.