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Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
You could go to Canada, UK, Australia, France, etc.
America is not the only free country in on earth.
War is stupid.
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
All of which have similar rights issues. The point is if America becomes totally devoid of rights and the ideology of democracy and freedom is abandoned, we'll loose the culture surrounding freedom and shit.
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
(05-09-2012 09:02 AM)flann Wrote: You could go to Canada, UK, Australia, France, etc.
America is not the only free country in on earth.
UK no guns police state(worse than america) Australia their parliment is filled with krazy kangaroos, france is socialist and whos canada?(meaning they are americas bitch and will do whatever we do for the most part)
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
Yeah, and it's a HECK of a LOT easier to move to another state than it is to move to another country. You got immigration, the new law, language, etc. Etc. >.<
And then you have new people to deal with, who will probably treat you like shit because youre American! (especially if you go to a country where English is not the first language.)
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
(05-09-2012 09:02 AM)flann Wrote: You could go to Canada, UK, Australia, France, etc.
America is not the only free country in on earth.
Canada- Next to and ally with U.S. Although not that bad of an idea.
UK- Are you kidding me? Tiny country, shit loads of surveillance, very strong class hierarchy. Definitely not better than the U.S. in terms of freedom.
Australia- Don't know enough to say, but you could have something there. Although if you get in trouble, don't expect the Australian government to save you from the U.S. government.
France- Definitely tons of surveillance. It would be worse there if Sarcozy had gotten re-elected, but still. It's a U.S. ally, hooked up the the wider surveillance/legal grid.
Plus those are all G8 and NATO countries, fyi. I would suggest Mongolia, Guatemala, maybe Venezuela, Indonesia or Morocco.
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(05-09-2012 11:58 AM)SaintVicious Wrote: (05-09-2012 09:02 AM)flann Wrote: You could go to Canada, UK, Australia, France, etc.
America is not the only free country in on earth.
UK no guns police state(worse than america) Australia their parliment is filled with krazy kangaroos, france is socialist and whos canada?(meaning they are americas bitch and will do whatever we do for the most part)
France's new president isn't necessarily bad just cause he's socialist. Or at least, that doesn't really mean that France will be less or more free in the coming days. State socialists and state capitalists have about the same records on freedom.
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
Or join SSland when me and the others finally take over Western Sahara.
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The UK? Are you fucking kidding? The place to be is Norway or Sweden or Finland, something along those lines.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
(05-10-2012 07:56 AM).Manicrose. Wrote: The UK? Are you fucking kidding? The place to be is Norway or Sweden or Finland, something along those lines.
Screw those two.
Sweden is basically the butt buddy to the US and Finland requires its citizens to serve 4 years of active duty in the military or go to prison.
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
Oh. Well, Norway is still okay though. Even with its lutefisk.
Then again, they're still freer than the US will be in about five years, nevermind who's the next president.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
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RE: Don’t let freedom slip away, because after America , there is no place to go.
Move to New Hampshire, its gonna be the capital of freedom in a few years, or Vermont, they're getting out very soon, the states gonna collapse, or just set up working government in your town, and have it run on consent democracy, challenge the main government, and declare laws, if enough people agree your council is the new government
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