On an aggregate scale, however, as you said, America is STILL much better. On SOME POINTS, other countries may be better than the US.
But OVERALL, America is freer.
Some of your articles ban comments, but let me just comment here.
America is definitely better OVERALL.
I certainly DO NOT agree we should become more like Europe. The only points where Europe MAY do better than America is having more relaxed laws on alcohol (you can drink at or before age 18) and Scotland sets the age of adulthood at 16 rather than 18, which is two years earlier than most countries.
But in other areas? America is definitely MILES AHEAD of Europe on freedom.
Free speech, gun rights (no licenses required in MOST states for ownership or purchase of semi-auto centerfire rifles and magazines of any size), self-defense rights, concealed carry, open carry, homeschooling rights, no income taxes in some states, and all in all, this is really the best!
Switzerland might be TIED with its federalist system, economic freedom, gun rights, decentralization, low government spending, neutral foreign policy, and so forth. The main downsides are the homeschooling restrictions/bans in many cantons and the hate speech laws.
Libertarians also tend to be against conscription or mandatory military service. Switzerland has mandatory military service, but the good news is that the Swiss army is never deployed elsewhere in the world and is uniquely focused on national defense. Most Swiss soldiers are reservists who report to basic training at ages 18-20 and after that, they remain in the military reserve for the next decade and a half or so, during which they can keep their issued rifles at home.
Honestly, I would not be against conscription if it was uniquely about national defense. Very few Swiss soldiers are full-time soldiers; most other countries, by contrast, employ professional, full-time military forces in which a large part of the forces are full-time servicemen.
I know that Yemen perhaps does better on gun rights than the USA, with literally no gun restrictions whatsoever, and the same goes for Pakistan.
Gun laws in mainland Pakistan are pretty decent, although they do prohibit full auto firearms in mainland Pakistan. The good news is that parts of Pakistan are actually completely autonomous from the federal government's control and have virtually no gun laws!
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On an aggregate scale, however, as you said, America is STILL much better. On SOME POINTS, other countries may be better than the US.
But OVERALL, America is freer.
Some of your articles ban comments, but let me just comment here.
America is definitely better OVERALL.
I certainly DO NOT agree we should become more like Europe. The only points where Europe MAY do better than America is having more relaxed laws on alcohol (you can drink at or before age 18) and Scotland sets the age of adulthood at 16 rather than 18, which is two years earlier than most countries.
But in other areas? America is definitely MILES AHEAD of Europe on freedom.
Free speech, gun rights (no licenses required in MOST states for ownership or purchase of semi-auto centerfire rifles and magazines of any size), self-defense rights, concealed carry, open carry, homeschooling rights, no income taxes in some states, and all in all, this is really the best!
Switzerland might be TIED with its federalist system, economic freedom, gun rights, decentralization, low government spending, neutral foreign policy, and so forth. The main downsides are the homeschooling restrictions/bans in many cantons and the hate speech laws.
Libertarians also tend to be against conscription or mandatory military service. Switzerland has mandatory military service, but the good news is that the Swiss army is never deployed elsewhere in the world and is uniquely focused on national defense. Most Swiss soldiers are reservists who report to basic training at ages 18-20 and after that, they remain in the military reserve for the next decade and a half or so, during which they can keep their issued rifles at home.
Honestly, I would not be against conscription if it was uniquely about national defense. Very few Swiss soldiers are full-time soldiers; most other countries, by contrast, employ professional, full-time military forces in which a large part of the forces are full-time servicemen.
https://fee.org/articles/9-reasons-libertarians-should-love-switzerland/
I know that Yemen perhaps does better on gun rights than the USA, with literally no gun restrictions whatsoever, and the same goes for Pakistan.
Gun laws in mainland Pakistan are pretty decent, although they do prohibit full auto firearms in mainland Pakistan. The good news is that parts of Pakistan are actually completely autonomous from the federal government's control and have virtually no gun laws!
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/01/10/gun-shops-gun-laws-of-pakistan-part-two-imported-guns-pretenders/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/15/disneyland-for-gun-lovers-inside-the-notorious-darra-adam-khel-arms-market.html
Honestly though, on an aggregate scale, America is miles ahead in terms of freedom!
If any of my articles disable comments, please let me know and link to them so I can fix the problem. If that’s the case, and if SubStack didn’t act up, then it’s my oversight/mistake.
This one also needs to have comments enabled!
https://americaversustheworld.substack.com/p/america?utm_source=publication-search
https://americaversustheworld.substack.com/p/libertarian-countries
https://americaversustheworld.substack.com/p/secularright?utm_source=publication-search
These articles have the comments disabled.
Oh thank you so much. I must’ve screwed something up in the settings.