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Originally Posted by kirakira
Well I dont think either of the citizens in those countries are trying to overthrow their government because freedom of speech. As I said earlier, give the people bread and circus and everyone's happy.
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So your yardstick for measuring freedom (or rather a lack of it) is whether or not the citizens are calling for revolution?
Also your circus/bread thing is getting old and is so simplistic. I'll leave you to your simple metaphors. I've already dismissed it in the case of Constitutional Democracy (The idea being that essentially power rests with the citizens so if anybody is giving anyone "bread" it is ourselves). When you're ready to discuss the complexities of the topic using real terms then I'll be happy to continue.