Many non-UK European, Sth American, and even Australia are free-er than America...In that the people can do and say more without constriction.
I think the disagreement comes from your definition of freedom, which in America is focussed heavily on govt power and ability to own guns etc. Which I understand due to your genesis and history.
However, America is almost totally captured by finance and media, perhaps more so than any other developed country I am aware of or lived in. The truth is both your citizens AND your govt are captured.
A good example of this relates to your recent discussion about the Canadian truckers with nostr:nprofile1qqsd0uazmzmhwseeym3rjhf3txyjapreapc6sq8yq8cy07cg45tlx2cpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7atfzq3, and how in America that didn't happen because the govt caved to the presence of guns. Except, the Amercian convoy DID HAPPEN.. You just weren't aware of it because your media didn't show it, and unlike in Canada the movement whithered quickly. Not because you had more freedom, but precisely because you didn't. Same issue today with the citizens rejecting US tax payer funding of Israel's crimes. Most other countries citizens gave been able to say and do a lot more about that than you can. Any US dissent is crushed.
What is freedom? And why is the definition limited to govt power, as opposed to being cnetrer on how citizens can and can't live?
I live better in Australia than I ever did in America, even if the govt is somewhat more tyrannical, because our other systems seem function much better.

