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I am not sure about official rankings. But "freedom" in the English tradition is quite flawed.

The dominant paradigm is "if it is not permitted it is forbidden".

Those of us in the colonies went a long way to get away from that.



That is the opposite of the truth. The common law position is usually: "If it's not forbidden it's permitted". You're confusing common law with civil law used in most of Europe


I am talking about culture.


In what way? From mini skirts to punk rock to gay liberation to extinction rebellion to pro- and anti-brexit protests, we seem to be comfortable with challenge. Citation required.


> The dominant paradigm is "if it is not permitted it is forbidden".

Oh gosh. It’s the exact opposite. The a principle of Common Law is ‘everything which is not forbidden is allowed’ (the US for example has done reasonably well on that principle).




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