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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by pyuser583 on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:22AM (#30241380)
I’m a bit confused. Is your wife from a more less equal/free place than America?
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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by issa on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:13PM (#30249559)
My wife is from Germany. My point isn't really about how "free" Germany is compared to the US (that is an entirely different debate). It is about America and how nuanced things are. It's very difficult to explain a different country's history and sense of self and how that influences daily life.
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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by dustymcp on Monday February 07, 2022 @05:03AM (#30242614)
Most places according to incarceration rate is more free than USA
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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by ericmay on Monday February 07, 2022 @08:53AM (#30244834)
Why is this a metric we should use to understand if a place is “free”?
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Re:Our nation cannot censor its way back to cultural health by issa on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @04:35PM (#30265075)
It seems like a pretty good one. To truly answer the large question you need to answer smaller ones like "do citizens have opportunities aside from crime"? That seems relevant to how "free" a country is.
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