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0 pointsandsoitis8d ago0 comments

Great chart! Thanks. I used it to compare a couple of other places too.

Yeah I don't see the gap between the US and Singapore closing in the next 5, 10, or 50 years. The current drop in the US is temporary. The lower score for Singapore is structural.

EDIT: but these are "just" stats, and do not speak to any person's personal position, like Meng's.

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sergiosgc8d ago

It's still to be determined if the drop is temporary. From the outside (EU) I see a downward uninterrupted trend since 9/11 and the Patriot Act.

andsoitisOP8d ago

> It's still to be determined if the drop is temporary.

It better be! I think it is wrong to root for “downfall”, even if it makes sense to diversify your risk.

sergiosgc8d ago

Of course. I'm not rooting for the US' downfall. It is a loss of western values. It saddens me, but it is a fact they're veering away from the French Revolution principles.

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ben_w8d ago

> EDIT: but these are "just" stats, and do not speak to any person's personal position, like Meng's.

Oh indeed. There's unbounded ways to weight the different aspects of freedom that get combined into indices like this.

As for the current drop in the US being temporary… well, we can all hope.

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sergiosgc8d ago

It's still to be determined if the drop is temporary. From the outside (EU) I see a downward uninterrupted trend since 9/11 and the Patriot Act.

andsoitisOP8d ago

> It's still to be determined if the drop is temporary.

It better be! I think it is wrong to root for “downfall”, even if it makes sense to diversify your risk.

sergiosgc8d ago

Of course. I'm not rooting for the US' downfall. It is a loss of western values. It saddens me, but it is a fact they're veering away from the French Revolution principles.

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ben_w8d ago

> EDIT: but these are "just" stats, and do not speak to any person's personal position, like Meng's.

Oh indeed. There's unbounded ways to weight the different aspects of freedom that get combined into indices like this.

As for the current drop in the US being temporary… well, we can all hope.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse