What is the point of this thread? You can read negative news about every nation on the planet. And most of the crazy legislation proposed by fruitcake legislators in the U.S. never becomes law.
What is important is the trajectory of the level of freedom in a nation. Unfortunately, in the U.S. -- just like almost every other Western European nation -- that trend is down. Yet, the U.S. has a number of things going for it in that regard. Don't like the crazy socialism of states such as California, New York, or New Jersey? Then move to a much more free state, such as Texas, Florida, or North or South Dakota. In fact, there are fifty states from which to choose. Many of them are quite conservative.
Companies also move themselves to attain more freedom. For example, Smith & Wesson, a gunmaker founded in 1852 and located in Springfield, Massachusetts for over 170 years will soon relocate its headquarters from Massachusetts to gun-friendly Tennessee in a $125 million investment expected to create 750 jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...usetts-considers-assault-weapons-ban-n1280554
Remington Firearms, which operated in New York for over 200 years, will soon move its headquarters to Georgia and will open a factory and research operation there. The company and Georgia officials announced that the gun manufacturer, which started in Herkimer County, New York in 1816, would invest $100 million in the operation in LaGrange, Georgia, hiring 856 people over five years.
https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/...hat-we-know-hq-relocation-georgia/6345417001/
Also important is the government structure of a nation and the resilience of its people before a downward trajectory of the loss of freedoms begins. For example, up until 20 or 30 years ago, I would have said that the U.S. and Canada were equally free, but Canada has become a socialist cesspool under the rule of the Liberal Party with the loss of gun rights, free speech rights, and religious freedom rights. Why? Because Canada does not have a Bill of Rights that enshrines those basic human rights in its Constitution. That structural defect has destroyed freedom in Canada. The U.K. has the same problem. It has no written Constitution.
As a realist, I understand both the positive and negative aspects of living and working in the U.S. But you must look at all aspects of a country's pros and cons. If there was a zombie apocalypse, there is no place I would prefer to live than in a rural compound in some remote area of the U.S. with like-minded individuals.
