The U.S. ranks 46th in civil liberties
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2010, the United States has a civil liberties score of 8.53 out of a possible score of 10.00. This makes the United States tied for forty-sixth in democracy with Italy, South Africa, France, and Hungary. Several countries tied for first with a score of 10.00, including Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Ireland and Uruguay. The United States has the lowest civil liberties of any fully democratic country.
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In the United States, we must constantly remind ourselves that we are only the “land of the free” when we are “the home of the brave.”
Americans are a very jealous people, afraid very much that their neighbor is getting ahead while they are not, result being draconian and idiotic laws of punishment for even missteps that have no mens rhea. In fact, conservatives have long championed laws carving special exemptions from full protection of the law for many classes of people, namely gays, people of color and the poor. For all the blather about the “constitution” the far right spends alot of time worrying about who is demanding equal protection under the law and denying access where they can.