I've heard this "America is great because it's free" type of stuff so many times on this site. Like it or not France is free too, so is all of Western Europe. In many cases these countries have more liberal laws than the US (gay marriages etc.)
And what about this American dream crap?
Grrrrr. America didn't invent capitalizm. England had free markets long before America existed. There are dozens of countries where you can make it rich no matter what your background is.
2006-08-01 05:05:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
PS: I'm neither English nor American and quite impartial between the two
2006-08-01 05:17:57 · update #1
PPS: I'm not saying America isn't a free country. I'm just saying there are similar freedoms in many other countries and some (not all) Americans seem unaware of this
2006-08-01 05:24:14 · update #2
The problem is, most Americans are so isolated they don't realize that other countries have developed a democratic process since 1776. We don't study international government, only U.S. government, and most people grew up with a Cold War mentality--"It's the Russkies or US!" We've had it pounded into our heads that the world revolves around us for so long, that we forget that even though we have a large economy compared to most nations, we are still only 300 million of about 6 billion people, and many of those people live in democracies.
2006-08-01 05:36:07 · answer #1 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Propaganda and more propaganda. Our government throws the words "freedom" and "liberty" into every speech, even when what they're really promoting is the opposite. This is frighteningly similar to George Orwell's "1984", where the Ministry of Truth spread lies while the Ministry of Peace saw to it that the nation was always at war. Most people in this country like to be blissfully ignorant, so they want to believe we're free even though the neoconservatives have made this country the most oppressive regime this side of the Taliban.
2006-08-01 05:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by ConcernedCitizen 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In a George Bernard Shaw play, the hero says
"you should go to England; England is a free country because the people are free to do whatever the Government allows them to do"
Says it all for free countries...?
In other countries you stand on the street and say down with the government you get arrested,whereas in the land of the free you get ignored
2006-08-01 05:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by georgieporgie2005uk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
America the free, the American dream i was born here in USA in the early fifties rural poor, volunteered like a naive fool end of Vietnam chasing the American dream all over this country and have not been successful in the manner of my dreams, in fact its been more of a big bad nightmare.This country sucks in more ways then one, and we want change "relinquishing U.S.Congress and a illegitimate World Corporate Ruling Class of their Capitalistic Control of Money/Power/Wealth". Legitimately returning it to the majority of the legal citizens and reinstating majority rule in general etc! Propaganda in and from America is freely everywhere, and deceit is majorly ramped.
2006-08-01 05:30:13 · answer #4 · answered by bulabate 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How many countries are there where you can stand at a street corner with a loudhailer and condemn the American President and his policies ? The strange thing about America is that it allows foreign nationals to settle in the US and then allows them to participate in supporting foreign terrorist sponsoring countries. So, isn't America a free country?
2006-08-01 05:19:27 · answer #5 · answered by charliee 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its because on the whole the American people are ignorant. This is not actually their fault, its because of years of spin and propaganda by the government. Also, because America is so vast they have most of the things they need in their own country, as a result the American people don't usually visit outside the US and therefore have a very warped view of the rest of the world.
2006-08-01 05:15:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Free! that's funny.
When will the US be liberated from advertisers,media domination,corporate tyranny and branding that dominate,control and dictate their whole lives?
Their public spaces and minds are held captive by branding and advertising at every single turn.They invade every single mental nook and cranny, their mega corporations have severed ties to local communities,schools and universties ,they can't even go to to a public toliet without being indoctrinated to purchase something on the bathrooms backdoor!
they live under the greatest dicatorship of all time!
2006-08-02 14:10:38 · answer #7 · answered by rusalka 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
England had free markets? Oh! you mean the East India Trading Company or the West India Traing Company, monopolies granted by your parlement. How about your right to fly the King George flag? How about your helmet laws were everybody but the sheeks have to wear one? How about all of the unrest in France by the muslims because of their living conditions? These are all just taking place in your countries. Get your facts straight before you sling stones.
2006-08-01 05:15:07 · answer #8 · answered by Boredstiff 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
well im from america and i totally agree with you im 17 and i know when your eighteen you could be drafted to go to war ,juryduty thats not what freedom is you should choose if you want to go or not and our president cares more about his oil owner friends than the american people thats why gas is so high
2006-08-01 08:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by wwefreak36 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 11:09:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋