Baraka_Guru

The interesting thing is that when you think of all the factors of liberty and freedom, the U.S. isn't necessarily the freest nation in the world.

I remember coming across the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal's Index of Economic Freedom a while back and seeing that the U.S. indeed wasn't the freest. (I assume they stumble a bit on labour freedom, for one.)

Though I find the statistical measurement and indexing of freedom to be a bit odd.

This does, however, point out what doesn't sit right with me regarding the libertarian philosophy. It assumes that no regulation or lax regulation automatically means more liberty. We know this to be demonstrably false. Unless, of course, you mean more liberty for those who are wealthy.

There are other aspects of the philosophy that don't sit right as well, but that's one of the relevant ones here.

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