Why This Country Is The Freest In The World (Hint: It’s Not America)

Why is the United States not at the top of the list when it comes to freest countries in the world?
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[geraldholt]

New Zealand which told people they couldn't leave their homes? Ireland which is passing laws that making criticizing immigration a jailable crime? I'm no longer concerned about this ranking.

[wildfireintexas]

After what Ireland is doing to its own citizens in favor of foreigners it should not rank so high.

[TheUAVpilot]

"A court in Switzerland fined and sentenced a writer and pundit to 60 days in jail for calling a journalist a "fat lesbian, " alarming free speech advocates across the globe. "
Yeah, sounds like freedom to me.

[steatipygous]

Ireland was a reasonably free country until recently. The Irish fought for nearly 800 years for freedom. However I would argue that joining the EU was the biggest mistake Ireland ever made particularly adopting the EURO as it’s currency. Allowing uncontrolled immigration is a massive mistake. We can’t house our own homeless and yet we’re spending Billions on migrants.

[christaverduren]

New Zealand was rather draconian during the coof lockdown

[PGHEngineer]

It's an interesting list that has New Zealand near the top given the Draconian measures used to control COVID there. I wonder how the measure is made, and what kind of people are behind it, what is their objective?

[wppmnwc]

The more "woke" we get, the farther we drop.

[hwangchiuchiu]

The measure of freedom is the right to defend yourself, your family and your property, and freedom of speech. And of course, less tax.

[andys]

The major problems to me with Switzerland is lack of property ownership realistically and the fact that the WEF headquarters is there

[StraightShooter.]

In the United States, the larger the government, the less freedoms that the Citizens have.

[jasons]

Switzerland also does not allow non-citizens to purchase realestate.

I wish we would do the same in Canada

[harrytabb]

We dropped seven places just during Biden's term.
That says a lot.

[WLLim_]

This isn’t a serious study. For example, it ranks Canada near the top for freedom of the press, while the government directly finances and controls nearly every newsroom in the country. New Zealand and Ireland are not free countries and should be closer to North Korea.

[Calallenbrian]

Lol in New Zealand you can go to jail for not wearing a mask outside. That's not free.

[wolemai]

The frightening thing for me, as an Australian, is that the Left wing mentality has so spread through my country that I hear, even ordinary middle class Australians making ridiculous remarks like, "Why do we have state governments, everything could be run so much better by just one Government in Canberra." They have NO idea that our country was founded on a Federal, three tier system of Government - Federal, State and Local. Our system was designed to decentralise and therefore localise power to make it answerable to the people. Yet due to years of bad education and constant Left wing indoctrination, most ordinary Australians are quite happy to talk about getting rid of the States and having one central Government! It would not surprise me to see Australia go Socialist. Our taxpayer funded, national broadcaster, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission), has been pushing hard Left, anti Christian, anti male, anti European indoctrination for countless years and nobody has made any real attempt to stop it. We have opened our borders to a literal flood of non European, Muslim migrants - over 500, 000 in the last ten years - who are now trying to impose Shariah Law on us by stealth and have established massive crime syndicates in our major cities that our police cannot bring under control.
Australia has changed, not for the better. We are certainly less free than we used to be and far less safe.

[skyserf]

In the UK they regularly imprison people for social media posts. That list is sus

[ElaineMcCarty-khkz]

I have been shocked by barnbaric treatment from my government, the refusal of law enforcement to protect me, and the willingness of my fellow citizens to allow Injustice to my family without being bothered to speak up.

[lanedexter]

My Number one freedom is an armed citizenry, but they MUST be 100% WILLING to fight tyranny.

[DownWithBureaucracy]

So long as the 2-party system continues to rule, this problem will continue to grow. The Patriot Act, FISA, the very existence of the NSA, federal regulatory institutions for things like education and healthcare. We aren't "losing" our top spot, we're actively voting in support of it.

[pinnacleroofing]

I have been saying this for years. People in Cambodia can go to the movies, go out to eat, go to a sports event, sit on the porch and drink a beer; no one would call them free or many of the other countries where you can do the same. Americans are delusional if they think this is a free country, that left many years ago