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> Freedom is colloquially synonymous with America

Only in the USA, for US citizens. Outside the USA; not so much.

Germans do love their bureaucracy, but I get the feeling that's seen as a brake on the politicians; it's hard to make the bureaucracy change, so radical politicians can't do too much damage.




> Only in the USA, for US citizens. Outside the USA; not so much.

Yeah. When I think of the US and freedom, the first thing that comes to mind is "The country where you're not even allowed to cross the road."




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