Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
The pretty wide variety of studies readily and easily available show that the country is by no means above the others and is often a head below them in those categories .
Ummm....no. It actually hasn't proved a thing.

My original claim that U.S. is head and shoulders above the other western nations in terms of freedom.

Your claim was that the U.S. is at best in the top 40.


First link has proved that all western countries qualify as free democracies (something that I never disputed)

Second link is highly questionable and not at all representative of the overall level of freedom.


Long story short, you can go ahead and keep looking.... so far, I am rather unimpressed.