Comment by jvm___
21 days ago
How free a country is can be determined by this question.
Would you choose to be a randomly chosen citizen? You could be anyone in that country with all the rights, privileges - or lack thereof - that that random person has.
I think I'd rather be a random Canadian with healthcare and education than a random American.
It's an interesting thought experiment.
This is an actual thought experiment by John Rawls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_position
I like to take it one step further.
Which country would you choose if you had to be poor?
I’d probably choose Cuba.
Wouldn’t the question better be “would you be happy with the freedoms of a random person” otherwise you’re including all kinds of other factors?
As a random US citizen, chances are high though that you voted Trump and are ok with all this nonsense. So, should be ok?
Fortunately for everyone, even some of the people who voted for trump are having second thoughts now they are living it.
Only a few. American Republican voters consistently show a pattern of not regretting their vote because bad things happen to other people, but only because bad things happen to themselves.