Evidently you're not familiar with most of the First World?
You have less freedom than most of us, not more. The NDAA wouldn't fly in Canada, or Scandinavia, or ...
You have less freedom than most of us, not more. The NDAA wouldn't fly in Canada, or Scandinavia, or ...
Maybe better in some respects, but Sweden seems pretty corrupt in light of the Pirate Bay trial and Assange prosecution.
Based on those two examples?
According to this: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/
...4 nordic countries place in the top 7. Sweden is nr 4. The US is nr 19.
For more on the Pirate Bay trial, see Falkvinge's post here:
http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/06/banana-republic-justice-behi...
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5016277
It's absurd but not uncommon, sadly.