No one’s been killed by the Old Bill on a protest here for well over 10 years… the trade off is you can’t say Willy on the Internet. Trade offs.

In most freedom indices the US ranks below ~15th in terms of human and economic freedom but then the discussion gets very, very nuanced depending on what freedom means to you. Maybe those indices are corrupted? I don't know. There are also low-key smaller countries where there are more "de facto" freedoms than appear on paper.

I'm interested in what economic freedom means. I drink raw milk, can get fresh eggs, fresh pot and mushrooms, unregistered guns, clean shine... About the only thing I can't get that I want are those sick little Jap trucks.

Yes there lacks a standard for measuring freedom. Some like to use the word liberty instead. Too much nuance to even have a discussion about it.