This is a thesis I just thought of to raise the quality level of this board.
For a long time, the USA has called itself the land of the free. If you wanted to do something and weren't allowed to do it in your own country, you went to the US. In the US you could believe what you wanted to believe. In the US you could settle wherever you wanted to settle. In the US you could say whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted.
But is this still true? These days, one can follow any religion one wants to in any country in the in the western world and one can say whatever one wants to say in every country in the western world.
Only 40 years ago, one wasn't allowed to say out loud that one was a communist in the US. This person would then be sent to jail. In the US, in every state except Nevada, prostitution is forbidden and so is the use or possession of marijuana. Even though that last one is also forbidden in most other western countries, prostitution is either allowed or condoned.
In the 30's, the US tried to prohibit drinking and even though the US turned back on this policy after only a few years, it was a clear sign that things were slowly changing in the us. Today one has to be 21 before one can legally drink. In most countries that age is 18.
The right to settle wherever one wants to has not been revoked as far as I know, but since there's almost no piece of unclaimed or protected land left even in the US this right is empty.
In only 6 states of the US same-sex marriages are granted while same-sex marriage and some or all other kinds of same-sex unions are prohibited in a grand total of 18 states in the US.
Concerning abortion. 6 states have trigger laws and 3 other states have laws intending on criminalizing abortion.
Because of all of this, one can only conclude that the US is no longer the land of the free and if the US claims it is, it only does so to fool the ignorant.
I wish everyone a happy discussion.
(PS. This is only a thesis to ignite a decent discussion. If you've got nothing to add or disprove, please don't reply!)
For a long time, the USA has called itself the land of the free. If you wanted to do something and weren't allowed to do it in your own country, you went to the US. In the US you could believe what you wanted to believe. In the US you could settle wherever you wanted to settle. In the US you could say whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted.
But is this still true? These days, one can follow any religion one wants to in any country in the in the western world and one can say whatever one wants to say in every country in the western world.
Only 40 years ago, one wasn't allowed to say out loud that one was a communist in the US. This person would then be sent to jail. In the US, in every state except Nevada, prostitution is forbidden and so is the use or possession of marijuana. Even though that last one is also forbidden in most other western countries, prostitution is either allowed or condoned.
In the 30's, the US tried to prohibit drinking and even though the US turned back on this policy after only a few years, it was a clear sign that things were slowly changing in the us. Today one has to be 21 before one can legally drink. In most countries that age is 18.
The right to settle wherever one wants to has not been revoked as far as I know, but since there's almost no piece of unclaimed or protected land left even in the US this right is empty.
In only 6 states of the US same-sex marriages are granted while same-sex marriage and some or all other kinds of same-sex unions are prohibited in a grand total of 18 states in the US.
Concerning abortion. 6 states have trigger laws and 3 other states have laws intending on criminalizing abortion.
Because of all of this, one can only conclude that the US is no longer the land of the free and if the US claims it is, it only does so to fool the ignorant.
I wish everyone a happy discussion.
(PS. This is only a thesis to ignite a decent discussion. If you've got nothing to add or disprove, please don't reply!)
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