Hungary is moving in that direction, Poland too, Austria is mixed case and even the western Europe countries are not as hostile towards wanna be authoritarians as before.
I always read about this supposed "freedom" in the US, but what does that mean actually?
I mean here you can drink alcohol in public, wear no t-shirt on the subway, still smoke in many bars, say what you want online, and there are even illegal misdemeanours like kids smoking weed in public that nobody really cares about.
But if in 2050 I live in united authoritarian Europe, I won't be surprised the least.
We don't have anything in that magnitude.
I think it's actually way easier to defend yourself against the state here, than in the US.
Everything you say is true. But I think that adding yet to the end of each statement is not great stretch.
It is interesting however, from here it seem one of the US presidential candidates is much more above the law than any leader in Europe, and no one bats an eye.