Matej

Free is a very loose and relative term. Americans love to wave it around as some sort of a golden totem, while in reality the average person in Germany enjoys much more freedom without even thinking about it. In the end, 'freedom' means nothing without happiness and comfort, and Canada and Australia both have a much happier population.

Here is the most recent Democracy Index, the US is 21st (page 5):
https://portoncv.gov.cv/dhub/porton....?p_doc_id=1034

Here is the most recent World Press Freedom Index, the US is 46th (page 30):
http://rsf.org/index2014/data/index2014_en.pdf