[at-fates-hands]

More free than the majority of other countries.

Oh sure, the level of rational discourse has certainly fallen off and most news outlets are now heavily slanted to one party or the other - but the mere idea of having the ability to raise your voice is something that is rare in this world.

Even the countries that people always point to (Scandinavia, Europe) have their own issues which are not dissimilar from those in the US.

It's like when you have a job and you complain how horrible the place is you work at because of a,b,c and d. So you leave and go to another big company because they don't have a,b,c and d problems. Within two months, you suddenly realize that now this company has other issues and drive you nuts because if f,g,h and i problems.

You want an "actual free society" go live on an island, and be a government of one. That's the only way you'll have the utopian vision I'm sure you're thinking about.