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>>robthe+(OP)
This is how you govern from a position of unpopularity.

The government knows they’re on the wrong side of many issues, to the point they know they can’t win an open debate.

So media control, regulation by enforcement, and institutional control becomes the focus of effort.

>>spaceb+ab
> So media control, regulation by enforcement, and institutional control becomes the focus of effort.

You forgot gun control. That's the first thing they took away. Thereafter, freedom after freedom has been made optional by the government [1].

When government becomes overreaching, and you don't have the means to protect yourself and your rights, that's where it goes.

[1] I said "government", but probably "regime" would be a more suitable term here.

>>mirolj+0f
I still don't know what's so important about guns and how it's a metric for freedom.

>>whynot+Ph
Predators are less likely to attack someone who can defend themselves, it's quite simple.

>>wormpi+yq
Yes, for the US with their unique historical and cultural differences, but it doesn't make it an international metric.

Everyone in the US agrees with the inequalities and segregation and find it acceptable that an individual has to become a predator to survive because they don't find it acceptable to help each other on a governmental scale.

Some countries have worse inequalities than the US but they don't think they need guns to have freedom in their daily lives.