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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
America is not the land of the free. What a stupid assertion.
American democracy is the not as representative as democracy in Europe or other parts of the Western world. Only two parties to choose from for example.
The American media is also ranked behind many other countries as being objective and accurate.
American society is not as racially tolerant as society in Europe or other parts of the Western world either.
Even on the basis that America is a free market society it is not the most free
Country rankings for trade, business, fiscal, monetary, financial, labor and investment freedoms
Ranking of economic freedom
1-Hong Kong
2-Singapore
3-Australia
4-Ireland
5-New Zealand
6-United States of America |
This post pertains to Japan and America, not any of the countries on your list, which you will notice, puts America ahead of Japan, and the hundreds of other countries in the world (including every country in Europe). Not too bad, if I do say so myself.
As for democracy, America by definition is not a democracy (which was claimed even by Plato to be a weak form of government), but a constitutional republic, which affirm the rights of the individual over the often fickle and ever-changing opinions of the majority. It's not a perfect system, which the preamble to the constitution plainly asserts, but it's not bad.