Freest country

[Jasperf]

We've seen happiest country, best country, best sports country and more.
What do you think is Te freest country and why?
Americans go on about how free America but is it really?

[Cygnus]

The freest country is probably New Zealand, in fact it was chosen as the freest country.

[Walter Powers]

Yep, probably New Zealand or maybe Hong Kong.

[TheBigUnit]

Switzerland or hong kong

[Korashk]

Hong Kong is the freest AREA by a long shot. Too bad it isn't a country. I'd probably have to say one of the Scandanavian countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, etc.) or Portugal. I don't know enough about their socio-political economic structures to rank them against one another.

[Jevon]

I read somewhere new Zealand is the freeist country in the world

[PinkFloyd]

I'm goin' with New Zealand.

[Human]

Norway or Sweden maybe

[Abyssal Echo]

I really don't know. I've heard New Zealand and Norway
I live in the U.S I wont say the U.S. is the Government is watching everything you do.

[Jess]

Hong Kong (though it's not a country) or Switzerland

[Harry Smith]

As I've said on every other thread it's completely subjective, even for freedom. There is no universal measure of freedom

[Korashk]

As I've said on every other thread it's completely subjective, even for freedom. There is no universal measure of freedom
So North Korea is freer than Norway?

[Jasperf]

So North Korea is freer than Norway?

I agree.

[Harry Smith]

So North Korea is freer than Norway?

How do you judge freedom? That's the issue I have, there is no measurement that we can collect like average temperature or rainfall.

It's just as stupid as nearly every other 'best' thread on here

[Jasperf]

As I've said on every other thread it's completely subjective, even for freedom. There is no universal measure of freedom

There are a multitude of ways you could judge a countries freedom, economic freedom, freedom to immigrate, restricting laws, ect

[Harry Smith]

There are a multitude of ways you could judge a countries freedom, economic freedom, freedom to immigrate, restricting laws, ect

Then what's the point in having a thread on it if the answer has already been laid out in a survey, which in it self is most likely bias.

You would need to aggregate these different scores because economic freedom is pretty broad within many capitalist countries which impose a laissez faire attitude.

All the surveys conducted by major groups e.g Freedom house have been proved to be largely biased. There is no universal measurement

[Jasperf]

Then what's the point in having a thread on it

If we thought like this, there would be no vt, we could find the answer to pretty much everything on google. And what isn't is on yahoo :p

[Korashk]

How do you judge freedom?
The absence of coercion.

[Croconaw]

Hong Kong

[Stronger]

How do you judge freedom? That's the issue I have, there is no measurement that we can collect like average temperature or rainfall.

It's just as stupid as nearly every other 'best' thread on here

This. ^

[Jasperf]

This. ^

As I said earlier

There are a multitude of ways you could judge a countries freedom, economic freedom, freedom to immigrate, restricting laws, ect

[Aglet]

The illusion of freedom is much more dangerous than the knowledge that you have none.

[Stronger]

As I said earlier

There are a multitude of ways you could judge a countries freedom, economic freedom, freedom to immigrate, restricting laws, ect

But which way is the right way?

[Jasperf]

But which way is the right way?

God why be difficult, there is no 'right' opinion as its someone's opinion. I'm asking what your opinion is.

[Stronk Serb]

When looking at it's closeness to absolute freedom, Somalia is the freest. There you can do whatever you want.

[Korashk]

But which way is the right way?
Why do you think you only have to use one?