How free is America, really?
826986
the freedom that was Americas is long since gone,the whole nation is under the thumb of those who own the wealth, and these are the top Jewish bankers like the Rothschilds, Rockefellers and the Warburgs who have the country so much in their financial debt that the ordinary man and woman have to work at least 3-4 days a week just to pay of the national debt owed to these greedy bankers.\nin fact how many Americans know that the Federal Reserve is not owned by government or the people but by these banking moguls.
607989
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE----DOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!\n\nUnfortunately, that's practically non-existent in our country any more.
1096903
Yes!  Ofcourse it is!  FREEDOM.....Happy Birthday USA!  I am fortunate to be an American and proud of it!  So celebrate it!
942207
America because it is the land of the free.
1003396
Yup, I am a godless hell bound liberal who hates America.  i guess it doesn't matter that I am an eight year veteran of the United States Army or anything like that.  I defended your right to free speech as well, even though I am an atheist morally corrupt individual.
36645
Democracy is a joke! us americans think that we are free that is not the case, and america thinks that it's there job to polize the world
117704
Looking for a free America. The American dream, that anyone can become anything. Great opportunities. New beginnings. America is the Melting pot of the world. In search of a new life!!!
1042585
well no country is indeed totally free , but if you came with political asylum because your life a thread in your country makes no sense that you want to go back to a place you state was dangerous for your self.  i some times spend 14 hours of my days at school and i only have official vacations 1 week a year since i take every session  at school to go fast . but  is  not only hard here every other people need to work hard in every other country to be able to succeed you need to be patient and see things more logical
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SURE America IS the land of the free, UNLESS you are a LEGAL, hardworking, TAXPAYER!!!!!!! ANd i know for a fact that a LOT of illegals, sit on their sorry butts all day and draw WEFARE for them and all their kids!!! I have a relative that works for a lowincome housing,and a couple of years ago,the houses were FULL of ILLEGALS, drawing AFDC for all their kids,food stamps,the WHOLE bit!! All these ILLEGALS are just low-life,MOOCHERS!!!! Well, i say the "welcome wagon" just rode out of town!!!!ILLEGALS GO HOME!!! ADIOS MUCHACHOS!!!!!
900108
Yeeehah for the American way! It's only free speech if they say it is. OK? Other than that, you must be content with the illusion of free speech and make sure they don't realise who you are through your ISP. Have you ever watched Spooks?
943802
I think that that is true in general, and i happen to know the bill of rights and what the number 2 at mcdonalds is. But yea, on average, most people take the USA for granted and dont even bother to learn what upholds our rights.
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it is everything that you said. the way that America was set up made it so that it could last through the times with only slight changes. if you look at the constitution you can see that they have only made clarifications with all of the amendments but as a whole it hasn't changed for the 200+ years that it has been in place. we also offer many basic freedoms that many countries take away from people.  when you think about it when this country was formed with the government and all there had to be someone behind all of the process some God like being behind it all trying to help it all form correctly and to be able to run smoothly.
553194
I had the opportunity to visit communist Berlin in the sixties and after seeing that you have no idea how lucky we to live in America.  The single word answer to your questoin is "FREEDOM"
908703
It isn't about rights as Americans it is about human rights. The answer is a resounding no. Our country is based on a rule of law and the president and his goons have found a way to circumvent it. This is for now, with the democrats in power we could see a return to law and order.
15610
As a matter of fact, America is less free than many other countries: Canada, Western Europe, Australia, etc..
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I believe that most Americans are under the illusion that they truly have free speech, true democracy. etc..   Compare the actions of previous actions of dominant empires throughout history.  Have we transformed or are Americans fooled by a cleaver rouse.
823005
The thing that disturbs me the most, is that the government can say things like "Liberty, Freedom, Democracy"...and the american public actually believes it.\n\nAs people living in North America, sure comparatively we have a huge amount of freedom - but a lot of that material freedom depends on the resources of so many countries.\n\nThe standard of living that we enjoy doesn't come from nowhere, so in that sense, from that perspective we are not totally free. So when the U.S. goes to war to protect its interest, and uses the words like freedom, liberty, democracy - they aren't totally lying, nor are they totally telling the truth.\n\nGetting a bit philosophical here, but i think the as people living in industrial nations, we have to reduce our dependency at home, so that words like freedom and liberty actually have some relevance.