http://harvestsource.com/blog/156/illusion-of-freedom-lessons-from-russia/ Your Source for the Organic, Whole Food and Natural Lifestyle Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:05:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://harvestsource.com/blog/156/illusion-of-freedom-lessons-from-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Ruslan Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:05:50 +0000 http://harvestsource.com/blog/?p=156#comment-117 My personal feeling was that people in the US are less free than in Russia. Take parenting for example. Suppose a teenager is unruly and skips classes. Suppose talking to the kid doesn't help, neither does silence treatment, etc. A parent cannot so much as touch her own kid, let alone spank. You go to jail if you do! But here's the problem - if the child's truancy is noted, you can go to jail, as well. This is just one example, don't get me started on fake sexual abuse, fake hate crimes, etc. The bottom line is freedom is an illusion in America, even compared to many other countries. My personal feeling was that people in the US are less free than in Russia. Take parenting for example. Suppose a teenager is unruly and skips classes. Suppose talking to the kid doesn’t help, neither does silence treatment, etc. A parent cannot so much as touch her own kid, let alone spank. You go to jail if you do! But here’s the problem – if the child’s truancy is noted, you can go to jail, as well. This is just one example, don’t get me started on fake sexual abuse, fake hate crimes, etc. The bottom line is freedom is an illusion in America, even compared to many other countries.

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