One of the things I've heard the most times from the mouths of Americans about their country is that they live in the freest country in the world. That may have been true when the US became independent in 1776, but that is no longer the case. For example the Freedom in the World Index for 2024...
From Coto Institute
http://www.cato.org/
http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/human-freedom-index-files/human-freedom-index-2015.pdf
Rank Country Personal Freedom Economic Freedom Freedom Index
1 Hong Kong 9.09 8.98 9.04
2 Switzerland 9.40 8.19 8.80
3 Finland 9.42 7.84 8.63
4...
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