[Mulder]

It is up to your own personal decisions that decide if you are successful in this country.

When the government/korporate power structure controls 50%+ of the money in this country, that is an absurd statement to defend.

Name a country that has more freedom than America

There isn't one. I never claimed there was.

This is *not* a Free country. But it is less unfree than any other country, and certainly closer to the ideal than any other country.

[A. Pole]

Name a country that has more freedom than America

There isn't one.

Really? How do you know? Did you see a comprehensive comparison? I would be very interested in seeing it.

[Trteamer]

When the government/korporate power structure controls 50%+ of the money in this country, that is an absurd statement to defend.

So are you telling me that your decisions in life don't affect your success in life? It must be Bush's fault, or is it Halliburton's.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Don't sweat 'em. Freedom has been traded for security and now we're seeing our future sold for the benefit of an illusion. Take it from the son of a professional magician - those who can will always BS us if it's the easier option.

Davey Crockett, we need you back to address Congress now.

[Lazamataz]

Name a country that has more freedom than America

It isn't that cut-and-dried. You cannot say country A is 'more free' than country B.

Freedom has many facets:

• Economic freedom in business (being able to run your business with low taxes and low regulation levels)
• Personal economic freedom (being able to keep your own money and use it as you wish)
• Freedom to travel
• Freedom from surveillance
• Freedom to own guns
• Freedom to engage in social interactions
• Freedom of dress
• Freedom to ingest whatever substances
• Freedom of the vote
• ...and so on.

In some ways, America ranks in the top 10. In others, we are miserably unfree.