Was I more free in China or the USA?

[@TripBitten]

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[@wanderingwarrior5626]

You nailed it!!!! As a expat American that now lives permanently abroad after visiting, living in 40+ countries, Im much, much freer, happier now. Unfortunately, I can't convince a few Amrrican family members to follow my path. Their loss, not mine!😊

[@wanderingwarrior5626]

Freedom this, Freedom that. Americans even call their torture, death camps abroad, GITMO, Camp Freedom. Then, they proudly say, we're not brainwashed like those N. Koreans. Just look at their military parades, worshipping their leader. Well, all American presidents are bloodline linked, so let's just call them all Pres. Freedom. Something Americans will quickly take too, as many seem to have no idea who the president, vice president is!

[@briancossey4773]

Am working to establish the digital nomad lifestyle. Am ex-military (10 years total; 7 years Navy, 3 years Army) and hoping to someday soon acquire a 36' to 42' sailboat). Most "free" moment I ever felt was during the first Gulf War, when nothing was going on and I had a brief moment to myself; I looked out of the hangar bay of my aircraft carrier, towards/to the horizon, as the sun was setting and felt such a momentous sense of freedom. Since then, I've been wanting to (and am now being drawn back to) get back to the ocean.

[@lennylhchen]

wonder how many Iraqis were "set free" lost every thing by that "mighty" carrier.

[@siloton]

@@lennylhchen Count average daily civils under 20 years of Saddam rule and then average daily civils under 20 years of USA presence. What is your comparison?

[@Wunderpus-photogenicus]

Highest praises to this gentleman for taking the time and effort to tell the truth about China. Thank you for helping out those less fortunate westerners who are deeply brainwashed by politically-charged media and politicians.

[@ChrisHereToday]

China misses you, hope you return someday - your China Vids are great

[@TripBitten]

Maybe one day!

[@latiendaca1773]

My experience is, in China, one enjoys 24/7 everywhere secured freedom. Whereas, in USA, we enjoy daylight and not everywhere securely freedom.

[@freemenclub]

I miss China so bad as well... hope to return someday... best country I've ever been

[@莫美光]

@@TripBitten I am a Chinese, and we often leave comments in the media of local government agencies about how black the capital is and how black the corrupt officials are. Never received a warning call from anyone. In addition, there are many we-media, many people dare to speak out. Thank you for your fair and honest assessment of China and wish you and your family a happy life.

[@ljalpena3552]

Yes , Your mother is 100% right.

[@Phiyedough]

Slavery has been replaced by wage slavery.

[@0157matt]

China is as free as any other countries ...just visit China and ask the Chinese people

[@wordscapes5690]

😂

[@sciagurrato1831]

Among even minimally educated people in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, it’s widely accepted that Americans are the most brainwashed people in the world. The brainwashing has been conducted by the small group of plutocrats within the English speaking world - they’re in action on two major battlefronts right now.

[@williamli6200]

Most westerners in West equate freedom to free to treat government like a b!tch (then ask why the b!tch doesn't work for him).

[@bingliu-china]

在中国遵纪守法就是自由，我们不需要去考虑政治。政治那是精英阶层考虑的。普通老百姓过好自己的生活自由的享受生活就够了

[@wordscapes5690]

@@bingliu-china 🤭

[@Gemini73883]

Freedom. What a word. Freedom to buy a gun? Freedom live in a tent? Freedom to go broke if you're sick? Freedom to not have a job? You're right, you are free!!!!!

[@gelinrefira]

Freedom to be manipulated by the media controlled by the rich. Freedom to be exploited by the rich.

[@gibau1000]

Excellent questions. Sometimes that's the best way to make a point.

[@s.c8410]

Freedom to be killed by random people or police

[@yaqiwang5242]

Free to f JB or DT. Really just a delusion. Plus I don’t want to say because there could somebody after me.

[@williamli6200]

Most westerners in West equate freedom to free to treat government like a b!tch (then ask why the b!tch doesn't work for him).

[@davidrichards1741]

As an American expat in SE Asia who's lived in many countries, I'd say that in China you have the freedom to be free from crime. In the US, you have the freedom to freely engage in crime - usually without consequence.

[@laowantongchau]

Yes. Like zero dollar shopping. They definitely don't have this freedom in China.

[@leoyoung8936]

Cleverly summed up, after been to the US years ago, no intention to be there again but always want to go back to China simply because it’s free from crimes and feeling fear of having guns pointing at you and possibly getting shot too😅 Honestly feel this way 😂 sad as once I had so called American dream.

[@davidrichards1741]

@@leoyoung8936 Also think of your children. In the US, every day thousands of kids are involved in a crime as a victim or a perpetrator. Yes, children.

[@taitraining3055]

Interesting way of putting it

[@JouMxyzptlk]

I feel like America is "scammers heaven"...

[@JohnLing-pz2eo]

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press should not include freedom to lie or slander.

[@spaniardxxxiii2801]

who decides the lies?

[@choifayue9848]

@@spaniardxxxiii2801 potus

[@andycooper6085]

@@spaniardxxxiii2801 Objective reality

[@HeresMyView]

​@spaniardxxxiii2801 , the Corporations decide what are lies. That's why they control everything in US. 😂 And, you can't put corporations in jail. It is just a name.

[@benchapple1583]

@@spaniardxxxiii2801 More importantly. What is the definition of a 'lie'?

[@zeissiez]

In China, policies are laid out with collectivism in mind. Individualism is permitted when it doesn’t harm collectivism.

[@DK-ev9dg]

Safety is freedom. In US, you can't get out of your house after 8pm for a stroll.

[@519stream3]

The sad thing is that the guy is educating USA something that even kids in other part of the world know. Common sense.

[@SlimJim3082]

Really? Why?

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

Neither of your statements are true. You're just negative about the US, but from personal experience hundreds of millions of people personally know you're wrong.

[@DK-ev9dg]

@@SlimJim3082 do you live in USA? If you live in US, then you won't be asking this question.

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

@@DK-ev9dg He asks a valid question, but you don't answer. Where do you live in the USA, where your experience is like that? I have no such problem in the USA ever.

[@eshingsmith]

Very matured American. You presented the definition of "freedom" in a simple and layman's language , hats off 👍

[@robertdagge200]

Yeah America is free - yet there is now an entire vocabulary of words that you are no longer able to write on social media unless you want to be canceled. YT is an obvious example.

[@DK-ev9dg]

@@robertdagge200 like calling unhoused" as homeless, calling car-dwellers" as homeless and calling " economically inactive" as jobless and calling " non- consumers" as poor. Right?

[@YenzikovALCherasLegend]

Yah u rite .. even KZbin is discriminative. I guess my AC/Channel maybe taken down for the reasons of too much hateful comments and that is on KZbin's opinion. Frankly speaking ,non of the Mainstream Media coming from the West are Free and Neutral. Now I don't even read anything from their outlets. Imperialists do not want to admit their doings of the past were destructive and inhumane. Freedom and Democracy are tools for Imperialists to maintain their Supremacy. USA and Citizen value Democracy and Freedom more over Humanity. See for your self as the unfolding scenario in West Asia.

[@waiyee1995]

There is no freedom of speech and expression in amerikaa

[@drzhanga]

for example, "jews are evil"

[@belmiris1371]

Um... YT is NOT the government. If you want to complain about private monopolies having too much power, that's another story (but somehow I'm sure you don't). Nobody wants to hear racist, misogynist or other forms of hate speech anyway.

[@af7863]

“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” -John Adams, Founding Fathers..

[@mytube30005]

The word "freedom" has different meanings in different countries. In the US, we emphasize freedom of speech. We also say "talk is cheap", or "actions speak louder than words". The point is while in the US, we can say anything. But we can't do a lot of simple things like can't drink beer or alcohol while walking on the street or in a park. We think we own our houses but until we stop paying property tax, the government will take your house back. So, do we actually own our houses or are we only leasing it from our government? Most people in the US see communist as evil. But they don't even know what it's really like in China.

[@lipincheng]

"communist as evil." Never mind communism is a Western product.

[@alicebottles6704]

I really like your objective description. You don't one-sidedly evaluate or compare the good aspects with others' bad aspects. In fact, many people cannot view something objectively. Even if they have experienced some bad things themselves, they haven't seen a better world. So they can only be confined to their own bubble. 😊

[@siloton]

However there can be common metodology. For example Human freedom index is single number that very closely describes overall amount of freedoms that most of ppl will agree on. Its not as relative as presented in this video.

[@nowarwithrussiaandchina4667]

@@siloton A highly Western values skewed index

[@siloton]

@@nowarwithrussiaandchina4667 After you find "Higly Eastern values skewed index" we can average them. Until then, its the ONLY number we have. You agree?

[@stephenlau2127]

It’s true for me that when I was in China I don’t feel restricted, I just go my way doing things normally

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@stephen lau "It's true for me that..." Go back. Why waste your time living in a terrible place like the US when you have lovely china. Go back and take your family with you.

[@thomasrogers9146]

WE AMERICANS ARE SO FREE OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL WITH BULLETPROOF BACKPACKS . DO YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY THAT LOOKS AROUND THE WORLD. ? TRAVELLING GLOBALLY AS AN AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN IS AND WAS THE BEST EDUCATION I HAVE EVER RECEIVED.

[@davefroman4700]

Democracy is a con game. All institutions sing "We are free". Whenever you hear freedom and democracy? Watch out. Because in a truly free nation, nobody has to tell you you're free. - Jacque Fresco.

[@jamesalec1321]

The American Dream, you have to be asleep to believe it. - George Carlin

[@masteryyoung8328]

Yes you are right, there are certain topic you can not say without consequence in US either

[@YoungTang]

This is more true than ever. I remember back in the 90s, at least I can discuss about politics with people that you don't agree with, and its not as a big deal as now. Today, can't talk about anything with people who don't just disagree, but simply because they are ignorant and only get their info from corporate media. Whats worse is, those people will act like they know everything the best, and as soon as you disagree they will either hold grudges or directly call you names. Its so depressing in the US these days.

[@siloton]

@@YoungTang Its exactly the opposite. Ppl consuming mostly alternative media thinks they know better than mainstream. But mainstream is just mathematicaly most common view, if we play on dichotomy mainstream - alternative. Now when talking with someone from other side on this field, your problem is you do skip basics and try to convince the other about some fancy details. No, until you can understand each other why they are on the other side, any details are pointless and destructible.

[@stephenc6955]

Absolute "Freedom" is a scary thing. Mere mortals are incapable of handling absolute freedom

[@siloton]

Using "absolute" in connection with freedom is not fair point. Because of course its scary. However very little societies did really had serious problem with _too much freedom._ If there is problem with basic freedoms it rather indicates the society is fragile in some aspect and had to suppress it. But this is very far from "absolute" freedom.

[@hermesliteratus882]

No personal freedom should be absolute; therefore, you can only be truly free when you are not absolutely free.

[@DubboU]

Unless a person chooses to live completely on their own on a land that doesn't belong to any nation, pay no taxes and without any citizenship, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. A person's freedom is always limited to what the laws allow in said person's jurisdiction.

[@impressionfirst8577]

Agree. Your keen observation and logical arguments are plausible because, as you mentioned, people should get out of the bubble to see what had happened in the world. There is much more out there than U.S.A. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. ✌

[@vancouverite80]

Americans have the freedom to choose either a Republican or a Democrat president, either owned by AIPAC anyways.

[@erenyeagerist7681]

Truth nothing but the truth

[@lordumas]

You're free to do anything you want in USA as long as it doesn't interfere with the rich and the corporations ability to exploit you

[@magdavanzyl6141]

What a good perspective on freedom. Appreciation.

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

If US is Democratic like what we said, pls hold referendum every 4-5 years in every states and Freedom like u said, let people loot over $ 1000 in every stores

[@tommyboy1653]

I have watched a lot of walking in China videos and USA ,my observation is China has passed up USA ,safer to walk in big cities,lots of high speed trains,lots of cities that are amazing,lots of factories,even the poor in China have a roof over their head,with a kitchen,clean streets,less crime,way less crime.

[@bingliu-china]

我们中国还是一个发展中国家，因为人民还没到西方国家那样的高福利待遇，当然这也是因为我们国家人口太多了。我们人民很希望能像欧美一样不要无休止的加班，普通大众能够正常的上班实现双休休息。目前看这也有点奢望。只有国际大公司跟政府部门实现了双休制服哈哈。

[@rhw9995]

想要多赚钱就去卷 不想卷有的是双休工作 ​@@bingliu-china

[@iamcanadianedmonton]

your mom is absolutely correct. what is freedom ? it all depends on the individual's perception of freedom. a couple years ago, a Hong Konger in UK said he would rather be a beggar in UK than be an emperor in China. For 99.9%of the people in this world, I believe they would rather be an emperor than a beggar. who doesn't want a comfortable living standard and not to worry about the basic needs of food and shelter?? the right to vote is meaningless if a person can't even provide comfortable food and shelter to the family. we have too many politicians and not enough statesmen. that's my perception of freedom. observation from canada.

[@bibilou45]

First time i saw your video. Absolutely agree everything you said. Great video.

[@호롱방]

미국은 자기나라에서 당연히하는 제도나 행동을 다른나라가 하면제재하고 비난한는게 특기입니다 이건 잭더리퍼가 다른사람에게 살인하지말고 착하게 살아라 하는것이죠

[@angusmckenzie9622]

@호롱방 Go back. Why waste your time living in a terrible place like the US when you have lovely china. Go back and take your family and friends with you.

[@hink0027]

sometimes "your freedom are oppressing me"

[@Nithrade]

This video was very interesting to me as a German who grew up with the USA is free - China is suppressed narrative. To hear a different perspective is very much appreciated. Thanks for opening my horizon a bit. 😀

[@samyang5873]

Freedom & senseless freedom are two different things. Freedom comes with responsibilities. Like China , S'pore is also often criticised by the arrogant west , politicians & journalists alike , esp from the US & UK to be authoritarian , dictatorial & undemocratic , yes , by their holy standards. In other words we are criticised for not conforming to their holy image. The west needs to learn good courtesy & mutual respect. Freedom means different things to different people. When people in the west have made up their minds that their values & systems are better than others , they truly have a problem. US has the freedom to own guns to look kool , so be it , more deaths will follow. But those in the US who oppose firearms do not enjoy the freedom to stay safe & alive. People in US or UK often brag they can f**k & make fun of their presidents , well , so be it , we don't do it here. If the government does not perform , then they are out in the next election , it's that simple. What matters to me is to live in a safe environment , a progressive society without moronic clowns running the country. Just look at UK & US today , 2024. 🇸🇬

[@amberfoster3285]

Why would anyone care what the West including the US or UK say? All of them either are or bordering irrelevancy. I live in the US and this country is falling apart! In another decade the entire country will look like a shantytowns from Rio if they don't close all their military bases in a year or two. I've heard in the next few years it's going to take 100% gov. tax revenue just to pay the interest on our county's debt!

[@gelinrefira]

The way Americans think about freedom is very childish and performative. Americans like the aesthetics of freedom and democracy but not the actual practice of it. Which is the Americanism has to be indoctrinated at a young age.

[@choifayue9848]

its called salability

[@laowantongchau]

It is basically superficial...

[@fredrikrugby]

- We don't have gun problems. - Do you have freedom of speech? - We don't have racial problems. -Do you have freedom of speech? - We don't have problems walking around at night. -Do you have freedom of speech? This goes on and on every time I mention what it is like to live in China.

[@alextjflorida]

If you don't feel safe, you don't have any freedom.

[@hengongchua6250]

Americans said if you are not allowed to own a gun to protect your live ones and yourself. That means there is no freedom in the country.

[@sanchikotjendrakasih9138]

​@@hengongchua6250 in NY gun only can be used by criminal.

[@anthony71571]

Thank you for sharing this with the world. There’s so much to learn.

[@georwoogle]

I believe only when you go to the place to experience yourself and ask the people of that place then you are eligible to comment on what happens. I think Trip has both because he lived in both China and USA. Therefore, what he said should be considered objective.

[@MathieuTechMoto]

Love your presentation, very well explained and easy to understand, you have solids points

[@dalaiyang1588]

Your mother is very intelligent and raised an very intelligent son 👍👍👍👍

[@tonimcguire8588]

I lived in China for 5 years, I came back in 2017. For me I found that reverse culture shock was more of an issue than landing in China was. How have you found that. I agree with you, a lot of people from the United States were telling me how terrible China is on personal rights. Of course there are issues, but when you think about the personal right to have a gun and then to use said gun in the ways that it has been abused it does make you wonder is this country doing as much to take care of personal rights? I found that what people forget is that there is no perfect government on earth. That each government has it's good points and it's bad points. But people are basically the same. We all want good jobs to take care of our families, we want a good place to live etc. Often I feel that news telling us someplace else is dangerous and doesn't hold our same values does more to keep us separate than allow us to see how similar we all really are. People should use their own judgement and not rely totally on what they hear on the news. Everyone has an agenda.

[@SVmathfarmer]

Great video and agree in China 100%. My wife has family throughout Hubei province and we enjoy taking regular trips there. We plan to live there part time when I retire in a few years. Americans screaming about their “rights” I find very amusing

[@josecisne7997]

In the "Land of Freedom and Democracy", if I say "there are only 2 genders", I get censored

[@jasperhe5656]

😂

[@siloton]

Lets suppose you are right. So you want a freedom in expense of platform owner freedom. You can rant about media being too big they can seem as a public space. However until there is really a law making them a public space, this principle is still valid. And I bet you do not want force your freedom at expense of others freedom.

[@trekpac2]

Great program. It is important to make everyone aware of the points you are making!

[@alexlawcb]

China does have less political freedom but is it so important to ordinary people compare with an effective government?

[@siloton]

What you mean by effective governemt? You think their approach to environment? WHere they paint grass to look good from airplane ? Or that their debt in 10 years will be same as USA? Or that in recent 100 years USD did lose like 95% of value while Chinas currency was replaced 8 times so it lost effectively 800% of value?

[@louisirving588]

Strikes me that Americans wouldn't need to repeat "I'm free" over and over again if it was really true.

[@AkumaNoZ]

2:45 words of wisdom, couldn't agree more

[@rasamalai]

I feel admiration for the way your mom taught you to think!

[@simplebudd]

When people repeated shout 'freedom of speech', it only means they don't actually have it. In society where people don't feel overconcerned about their freedom, and start saying other countries lack freedom, that's when they're admitting they don't have it.

[@lfmfrancis20]

Fullyagree

[@Brisamars-q1c]

It's a futile discussion. Freedom is politicised in your country. A just and well administered justice system guarantees freedom for all.

[@dalerowe8946]

Very interesting and a lot of countries are surpassing the US in different things like education

[@NoohCee]

Country that people are obsesswd with freedom are those that are not free. For countries that are truely free, it is simply a natural part of life that people don't pay attention to it.

[@siloton]

If you do not pay attention to it there is risk it will be taken away. There has to be a balance and neither China nor USA are well balanced so the examples in the video seems reasonable. However if you include Europe, now it really changes the perspective.

[@goolooggg9005]

When I find nirvana in China, I would keep it a secret no need to argue with others freedom this freedom that, enough said 🤫

[@ljalpena3552]

Stick and stones will brake my bones but words will not hurt me? I guess that is not true anymore.

[@gokuman87]

It never was true

[@danlan3433]

Thank you for the truth and truth should prevail.

[@22many77]

We have a bad notion of freedom as lack of interference. But as you point out, that can mean a spazzing toddler is 'free.' A better concept is that freedom is when you can make determinations between ultimate values (requiring a lot of moral education) and enact your choices aiming to achieve whatever value you decide is best (requiring a lot of technical education). Being at liberty to make yourself or others unhappy can run contrary to freedom in this deeper sense. What's crazy is this understanding is fully within the western philosophical tradition, but it seems we need to look at China to see how it can really work and to challenge ourselves. Thank you for this great video!

[@janakiblum6695]

Lived in South Asia, Europe and USA. Very astonished at the propagandizing in thr USA compared to elsewhere. 😳

[@lvjinbin28]

I can add some thoughts, I think Western liberals deliberately ignore a country's national freedom, diplomatic autonomy, that is, independence, the best case is the liberal and democratic Taiwan, Taiwan's three political party candidates need to go to Washington, D.C. before the election to get diplomatic support, if Tsai Ing-wen is elected by the Taiwanese, then Tsai Ing-wen listens to the Taiwan people, or listens to the United States? Especially in the controversy over the import of American ractopamine food, the KMT accepted ractopamine beef, while the DPP accepted ractopamine pork, but the Taiwan public opinion is very clear against any ractopamine food, so is the Taiwan president serving the locals Taiwanese? If the president of a country is not free, will the people he rules be free?

[@edmundchai9582]

seriously usa needs more,alot more wise man like you sir.

[@TAEYYO]

Talking politics at all is considered divisive by many people--that doesn't mean we should stop and it certainly doesn't mean we should censor it! We need MORE exposure to different political perspectives if we want to get comfortable around them. The effect of constant censorship is just like you said--people just learn to self-censor themselves and no longer even notice since it's automatic.

[@留岛不留人-r9m]

When America says it wants to bring democracy and freedom🪖💀🇺🇸

[@Blacknyeto]

It still has the most freedom by far. Freedom to die homeless in the streets, freedom to grift, scam, and steal, freedom to be generally a pos, freedom to live off unearned income, it's generally the greatest safe haven and cultivator of humanity's worst traits. Compassion isn't natural but greed is.

[@siloton]

There is not freedom to steal. You are making very misleading statement

[@oileengrace8228]

Thank you for telling it like it is. Some members of my family immigrated to the States, 50 years ago. They bought a house in Oakland. They are afraid to go out. Especially my elderly aunt. That bubble theory really applies. It's like these Karen videos we watch on YT. They are stuck inside their bubbles and they are immersed in their negative thinking, resulting in their atrocious behaviour. When people just go out more, see outside their glass walls, the world can be so much freer.

[@minchen5187]

KZbin gave me many warnings on “freedom of speech “

[@davidrichards1741]

There are many words and phrases, non-offensive ones, which if used in YT get the comment automatically removed or shadowbanned. That doesn't happen on tiktok and wehat in china

[@Hallow1]

@@davidrichards1741 it does happen on tiktok, its actually much worse lol, youre not allowed to mention anything that might cause issues, that includes dying

[@Hallow1]

its where "unalive" comes from

[@davidrichards1741]

@@Hallow1 Not in East Asia where I happily live now and where 5-billion other ppl live. But maybe you're right about tiktok in the horrible evil US tho where tiktok must comply with the vast intensivive censorship, among the world''s worst today - so much repression there. The world is changing.

[@junweihe8229]

look at that sunshine! you guys are winning life

[@frankiephan5930]

Very well said. I am not free at my own house.

[@siloton]

Such absolutisn approach makes word freedom useless. And its better for a word to mean something, ideally the threshold to split some significant portions of the spectrum. Its effectivity of language used. So you need to harmonize language to reality, not other way around

[@kulaputra8]

Your mom is a very wise person.

[@KenWong-g6t]

Your mom is a very smart women. She really understand how the world works.

[@johnnywalker2220]

I also lived in China for many years and I totally agree with you that people in China are more free than we are in the US

[@siloton]

If you moved from one district to another you did not have to report on local police?

[@danielodey7775]

Freedom describes journalistic freedom and the opportunity to publish articles , essays, and other publications critical of the government . KZbin bloggers pass themselves off as journalists and critics , but it’s lot more complicated than that.

[@notchit3542]

Just like a Pepsi commercial, after they tell u a million times u actually believe ur a sheep 🐑

[@padraicley3265]

Culture defines everything. Speech defines the world we live in. In American corporations, there is a public relations department through speech. The US president has a speechwriter, which shows how vital speech is. Freedom of speech creates chaos in a society.

[@siloton]

What is difference between _bustle in society_ and _chaos in society_ ?

[@peteblazar5515]

In comunist country where I was born and raised was same level freedom of speech like in U.S. In both countries you can freely criticize US goverment. I other cases we had "fredom of speech" a they had "freedom after speech."

[@LipingKong-ms1zm]

Things have changed! When superiority is challenged, freedom disappears. When the people who make the rules are questioned about their sensibilities, they are 😡 and suppression in all kinds of forms and shapes are brought on the table.😅

[@distrustful.000]

Nice ❤ explanation,with reality and truth

[@dav5253]

You are very lucky to have such a smart Mom. She is absolutely right about the definition of freedom. In fact, political correctness in the US means that you are not free when you live in the US because you must always be mindful of what you express. Otherwise, they will give you all kinds of labels.

[@syncmaster915n]

The way i see it, the more laws a country has - from federal, state/provincial to city ordinance - the less free you are. It's all about how a person exercises his/her rights in the society that makes him/her feel free or not.

[@trekpac2]

Freedom in China involves obeying the law, which includes not taking drugs, not committing crimes, not running hate sites on the internet, etc. Freedom also refers to having equal access to cheap and high quality education and heath care. In the US, we have the freedom to do a lot of things that are not good for society (partly because crime is out of control). The prisoners are in control of the prison. We believe that corporations should run everything, like universities and health care! And if you can’t afford it, it is your fault for being poor.

[@dreamfly555]

The freedom to go out anywhere at anytime is something I don't have in the states, if I care about my safety.

[@gloofisearch]

I sent pictures from the Feria festival in Malaga to my daughter in US. She was shocked that there were 18-19-20 year olds partying hard with alcohol running around freely at 2 AM. She wondered if the crime rate is very high in Spain and I mentioned, nope, way lower than in US. I showed her videos from women walking home at 3 AM through the city with no fear of anything, whereas my daughter bought a gun due to not knowing how the November election will go and what it will bring. So, overall. My feeling is that you are waayyy more free in a country like Spain compared to the US when it comes to day to day life. Nobody cares if you can have a gun, in fact, nobody wants to have a gun and since we are in the 21st century, a gun should no longer be needed.

[@darktemplar2403]

Why I need to protest over issues when filing complaint is enough. Like a leftover electric pole blocking the entrance to my apartment block when filing a complaint with my neighbour to the local authority is enough. Only an ineffective local government need protesting to make changes. From vn btw.

[@Buckzoo2030]

Historically freedom of speech is by and large means political freedom of speech so that an ordinary citizen or can criticize govt which is way too powerful for an individual to fight back. Based on what you said, Chinese govt has definitively reserved the right to react to a speech or not.

[@戢鎮海]

Good analysis and comments. I think freedom is a combination of subjective and objective cognition.

[@HongLi-jk9ub]

Open minded, reasonable talk.

[@tribalangel72]

Haven we seen enough of “the hunger games” “ divergents “ “ the maze” etc hahah

[@skywire5595]

Freedom exist in your mind...👍👍

[@siloton]

no

[@kitlee4486]

Every country had its own restrictions ie USA , USA had tons of laws that say you can’t do this and that.

[@ablefamilee6538]

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[@wingtyrant]

In the first 2 minutes you build your case with falsehoods. In America you have the freedom to be ignorant of your freedoms.

[@zhanglan6568]

Very intriguing and thoughtful points on freedom! for ordinary people, there is not much difference in terms of freedom between the two countries. However, if you are into the political issues, US is definitely more free than China. I don't know whether KZbin is banned in other communist countries such as Vietnam. I agree with him that China should relax more on media and public speech.

[@stevematthews4489]

People, probably Americans more than anyone, babble on about freedom. We are not "free" in the US (or in any other country). What we have are constitutional "rights", which are unevenly enforced, but we have them. There ARE lots of laws and rules, but they can't (or aren't supposed to) violate your constitutional rights. The courts decide these issues. So rights in the US center around speech, gun ownership, privacy, search and seizure, trial by jury, etc... Everything else is open to regulation. I don't know if individual Chinese citizens have ANY codified "rights" like that. So your not talking about "rights". You're talking about flying under the radar.

[@johnbrown40639]

read the constitution of china and that will open your eyes - yes it is enforced.

[@grouchypatch9185]

US democracy is to convince people that they have a choice to choose between two political parties. Sorry, I'm not buying it

[@annaan9180]

Freedom of speech, press, religions, etc. to protect individuals' rights is also codified in China's Constitutional Law. You can search it online yourself. But the thing is we need to look at how it's really implemented in a society and why. The nuances there in reality are the key to study and tell any differences between how much freedom Americans have and how much freedom Chinese have. And that's a lot to look at and understand. Not to mention the cultural and historical experiences are very different in these two countries. As long as you know it's not all black and white is fine.

[@martinleung212]

When people are taught to behave according to a high moral standard, then not many codified laws are required.

[@RMK-1970]

Freedom, and that is all in common all around the world, is rather something which disappears with the forthcoming of civilization of the masses. So if one thinks he is having a lot of freedom, his descendants will no longer have it. This is what history is teaching us. I all goes towards the extremes. Everywhere in the world. This is what we should be aware of. There is a tendency towards the less.

[@gohtatkeong1]

Yes no doubt America is the most freedom government who can freely put any bill of sanctions to restrict other country's rights.

[@siloton]

Whaw. any country has right to trade with any other country? Even if that country does not want? So you force one freedom on expense of other freedoms you realize it do you?

[@regentprince6537]

The biggest thing I couldn't understand is, why abortion is not allowed in some states in the US. In my opinion the parents should have every right at the very early days of pregnancy to determine whether they want a new baby. This might be one of the biggest differences between US and China.

[@wilsonluytan212]

Freedom does not involve licentiousness.

[@cramkisson9709]

America needs freedom from the press .

[@qvq9968]

大家都生活在社会的规则之下，享受的都是有条件的自由。

[@jayting3310]

Freedom should not be done to inconvenience others.

[@SoulSurvivor-tl5bv]

What about free food and water

[@wonpeng]

GO to China and get educated.