possibly it's why the American govt doesn't feel as free to impose itself on citizens as in other nations.
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Hmm. We do lack some of your freedoms but that one we can do without.
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I'm just suggesting that might be the root of things.
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Different history. Your penal system is harsher.
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Way larger percentage of your population is literally not free. I read 1%?! But free citizens have more freedom of speech etc.
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the prison problem is due mostly to an insane preoccupation with punishing drug abusers.
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Yeah. We tend to leave them alone mostly. So we impose on citizens & restrict freedoms differently.
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true, but it's my impression at least that people in the UK are more willing to accept gov as a protective big brother.
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Watched Obama program on CNN his passion, sadness and lack of potency on Gun death clearly upset him, Brits will never get NRA
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