Other than Americans, Are you free in your Country? If not what is it you can't do?
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Thank ya for this cool q\nfirst there is no such thing as a free country \neveryone in the world has one of his rights taken be sure of that \nI live in Iraq the place where freedom and happiness was is the biggest dream for the people \nWhen the war was first over after a few weeks when it has started we all thought that freedom may just come true but unfourtunatly we were only dreaming , dreams are free !!\nI will tell you what can't we do:\n-we can't take breathe without smelling smoke\n-we can't sleep without hearing an explosion\n-we can't feel safe not even in our homes\n-we can't stop thinking that we will die at any sec\n-we can't feel happy without crying\n-FOR GOD SAKE I can not love for fear that I my lose her!!!\n-I can't marry coz I won't be able to provide a good future for my love\n-I can't go out without hearing my mother's scared good byes\n-We can't live unless we die!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not in America... Elsewhere could be/
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This's dilemma to your country
231333
You can't do much. Is it fair...well, no it's not fair that our own countries over tax us!
1026981
nope...why should i be if it isn't my country?
98175
Depends on what country you were in and what country you are a citizen of.
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Absolutely not, no one can really.  Think about it, you can have either freedom or security but not both.  any amount of restriction to provide security must infringe on freedom.  \n\nBesides, freedom is an illusion anyway.  its a buzzword thrown around by people who dont know what it means.  if we really had freedom here we would pay taxes if we wanted to, not because we have to.  we dont have the freedom of not supporting our governments policies financialy therefore we arent free.  abortion, personal use of illegal substances, open border migration, there are a host of examples were we have no freedom.  personnaly, i feel like we have given up many freedoms since 9/11 with the patriot act and illegal wire tapping and we have no more security to go with it.  we  lose on both counts and the government wins by adding more power and control to their arsenal.
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Hahaha, I am an American Citizen and I would like to escape to another country, maybe you could ask Uncle Sam if we could trade places haha
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No, it's a free country.
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It's my country. I have the freedom to disagree with it if I don't agree with it's policies. I have the right to vocalize my disagreement. I have the right to form groups that challenge the government. I have the right to run for office, and support candidates that run for office. \n\nI am an American. I have the right to challenge and question my government. That's what freedom is about. Questioning authority. If you can't question those in power, you don't live in a free society.
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Like you do in any other country.  It's not that different there.
242774
don't stay out of America.
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To directly answer your question, the U.S. is considered free because most people inside and probably outside of the U.S. are under the impression that Americans have more freedom than anybody else.  This belief is probably not true.  As you point out, Europeans enjoy certain freedoms that Americans do not.  But as someone else pointed out, Americans enjoy other freedoms that Europeans do not.\n\nEvery government is going to impose certain rules, and doing so necessarily infringes some individual freedoms.  The only way to live totally free is to have no government at all, which of course will never happen, at least not in our lifetimes.  The best you can do is decide which freedoms you are willing to sacrifice, and choose a country to call home based on that.\n\nIncidentally, another misconception that most Americans have is that freedom is synonymous with democracy.  This is simply not true.  In a dictatorship, the decision to infringe upon your freedoms is made by one man.  In a democracy, this decision is made by popular vote.  In a republic such as we have, the decision is made by a body of elected officials.  But in all cases, the government does violate your freedoms.  Additionally, any argument that our government is bound by its constitution not to violate certain freedoms is easily refuted by the mere existence of the Patriot Act, hundreds of gun control laws, drug laws, and a plethora of other laws that are clearly unconstitutional.
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Which country and why not?
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we aren't a free nation, but not for the reasons you stated.
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I dont think you can. Especially in the EU!
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no.  that one answer was ridiculous.  America isnt *just* restricting people from financially poor countries.  People from China and Japan have just as much trouble.