It's sort of a mix, one has more freedom where the others have more restrictions. For example, marijuana laws in the U.S. are strict compared to Canada's, but Canada's gun laws are strict compared to the U.S. So, I'd say it's about even...
a lot of people on this forum dont know what freedom even means. I wouldnt be surprised if half the kids on here think freedom means happyness and redistrobution of wealth.
freedom dosent always mean good or happy, it just means you control your life and all of your money.
The US, according to the Index of Economic Freedom.
Though Hong Kong is the freest of all.
The US probably has the edge in social freedoms too.
Bio_Spark
I'd say probably Canada for social freedoms. Just because of lax (see useless) marijuana laws and the legalization of gay and lesbian marriages. Gun restrictions are tight, but you can still get them as long as you register your weapons.
[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Canada by far. The US has a tiered system of rights.DivergeUnify
Canada doesn't have more economic freedom than the US so sorry, no A lack of economic freedoms does not excuse the FACT that the United States has a relative, tiered system of rights. The Legislative and Judicial branch view rights layed out in the Constitution based on strata. This was established in Harris v. McRae. Stewart for the court; "Whether freedom of X that is constitutionally protected warrants federal subsidization is a question for Congress to answer, not a matter of constitutional entitlement." The institution of the Hyde Amendment goes against the ideologies of the Due Process clause. We ignore the penumbras of established rights to placate the masses.
[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Canada by far. The US has a tiered system of rights.Vandalvideo
Canada doesn't have more economic freedom than the US so sorry, no A lack of economic freedoms does not excuse the FACT that the United States has a relative, tiered system of rights. The Legislative and Judicial branch view rights layed out in the Constitution based on strata. This was established in Harris v. McRae. Stewart for the court; "Whether freedom of X that is constitutionally protected warrants federal subsidization is a question for Congress to answer, not a matter of constitutional entitlement." The institution of the Hyde Amendment goes against the ideologies of the Due Process clause. We ignore the penumbras of established rights to placate the masses.So basically you're just picking what you think is more important so you can say (unfiltered) "America sucks"?
So basically you're just picking what you think is more important so you can say (unfiltered) "America sucks"? DivergeUnify
No I'm not. I'm an american citizen. As someone being educated in law, I realize the false belief people have in our government's granting of rights. We have a strata of rights, and none of which are guaranteed un barred.
Kinda strange to see how many people mentions that the US is more free because it has a ''better'' economic freedom. It's debatable how much and to what extent economic freedom benefits the guy on the street. Having said that, it kinda looks like some people favors economic freedom over social freedom.
[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"]So basically you're just picking what you think is more important so you can say (unfiltered) "America sucks"? Vandalvideo
No I'm not. I'm an american citizen. As someone being educated in law, I realize the false belief people have in our government's granting of rights. We have a strata of rights, and none of which are guaranteed un barred. I never said we have more social rights. Go back and look up my original post
The U.S. has the most economic freedom (for better or for worse), but by far the least social freedom of the three. I'd say Canada has the most overall freedom out of those three countries, but TIME Magazine a few months ago rated every country in the worls on a freedom index and Denmark was the freest, followed closely by Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and all of those northern Democratic Socialist countries. The U.S.A. was ranked 22nd in the world, I think.
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