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View Poll Results: Can Freedom Exist in a Nation Run by Big Government?
Yes 19 24.36%
No 55 70.51%
Maybe 3 3.85%
I'm not sure 1 1.28%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-02-2021, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Honest question, what do you all think?
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Old 04-02-2021, 04:53 PM
 
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I think you answered your question in the title !
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Old 04-02-2021, 04:59 PM
 
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Does freedom exist in the EU? All those countries seem to be following the beat of the same drummer.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:00 PM
 
Location: USA
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Of Course not. You end up with the Cuomos, Dalys, and Clintons, and their partners: the Hoovers, Commys, and Brennans running things for them behind the scenes.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:03 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Honest question, what do you all think?
In America, all government is authorized to do, unless you consent otherwise, is to secure your sacred endowed and inalienable rights.
Nothing else.
You can always tell government NO, without the fear of intimidation, violence or harm. We are not their Property.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Depends on your interpretation of freedom and big gov.

The kind of government you get today is not the same kind of government you are going to get in 4 or 8 years from now. Government is always changing. Your interpretation of what government is will change with the times as well.


Freedom doesn't change. You either have it, or you don't.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:08 PM
 
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Big Government tries to insert itself into all areas of your life. It will try to make decisions based on what it perceive as "your best interests". Your Freedom will be chipped away.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:08 PM
 
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Depends on your interpretation of freedom and big gov.
and also the definition of "run".

The Democrats are moving to end freedom in any meaningful sense in our country, right now, ramming it down our throats.

Big government should be warning sign, but still, big government does not automatically preclude freedom. However, the Democrat's definition of "run" does.
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:08 PM
 
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Yes.

https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2020/
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Old 04-02-2021, 05:09 PM
 
Location: USA
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Does freedom exist in the EU? All those countries seem to be following the beat of the same drummer.
They are. What do you think Brexit was about. The EU was an experiment gone awry. If lucky it will devolve into something more simple, like NAFTA.

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/08/2...uropean-union/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...VUN/story.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/busin...ade/index.html
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