The first point I would like to start with is the fact that Americans take for granted their fine liberty of freedom. What kind of Freedom am I talking about? Well freedom of speech of course! Americans can talk about government, have many religions practices, make our unions to increase our employment pay, and basically stir up trouble in our society (and never get penalized for it). Can we say the same for other countries in the world? No! In other countries if you dare talk about government practices you would probably (and I'm being nice here) receive a life sentence in prison. And religion please, I personally dare you to take a flight to Jamaica and try to preach about the non-existence of God. When I say you're dead I mean chopped up with a machete and rotting in a pit somewhere kind of dead (Jamaicans play no games). However, before you get all sentimental on how proud you feel to be Americans, let’s not forget our government kind of sucks too.
We may have looser laws on the freedom of speech, but our conniving government secretly imposing on that too (you just weren't paying attention). A good example of this is what the book mentions about with Senator Joseph McCarthy. Joseph McCarthy did his own little of version of a witch hunt in making accusations that over 150 musicians and actors were communist. Because of his serious allegations these 150 people were blacklisted from performing their craft. Now, that is just one example. Another example of this is the government trying to control what they believe is misleading advertisements. Now this may not sound like a big deal to you now, but think of this as the beginning of a group of Hitler (okay maybe I'm being a little dramatic). All I'm saying is keep your open on the little government changes and don't play dumb when you notice we have no more bill of rights.
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