[cgh]

I'm not American so I'm not the "you" you're referring to in your bizarre "aim higher" lecture.

That said, the comment I was answering implied the US is an unfree country. That is simply not the case. To illustrate this, let's see how some other countries, including the ones you named, compare to the US.

Freedom House ratings[1] for selected countries (100 is best):

Switzerland: 96

Norway: 100

Australia: 98

France: 91

Canada: 99

Russia: 22

China: 16

United States: 90

So the US is roughly equivalent to France, one of the countries you named. Russia is lousy, as expected, but certainly not the worst.

[1] https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-...