Posted by Long Hair In Albany (other posts) on February 12, 2014 at 13:52:42 Previous Next
In Reply to: Re: Hair and Ideology posted by Dave_AR on February 11, 2014 at 19:49:20:
: In my opinion, being allowed to leave the country or not does not make you free .
: I can be allowed to leave my country at any time , but if I cant get meet the basic needs while I stay in my own country just because my government does not provide me with the means to meet those needs . Am I still free?
: Being free (to me) is not just having options to choose between black or white.
: If you are poor and you cant even choose if you want to go to college or get a job, are you really a free human being?
IMHO you're missing the main point here.
Ultimately in the US of A you have the ultimate freedom to vote for whomever you want to run your government. you don't have that freedom in North Korea. Sure the US of A has flaws but a country like North Koreas has alot more flaws.
If you don't like the policies in the US of A then
"Remember in November when you vote."
Find out who the candidates are that are running in your area,
find out who they stand on the issues, ask questions,
let them know your feelings on the issues.
That is something you can do in the US of A, you can't do that
in North Korea.