A gilded cage is still a cage, and wrapping an iron fist in a silk glove doesn't change what it is.
Western governments trumpet their freedom, but just because their form of oppression isn't as brutal as a dictatorship doesn't make free. The UK being the worst offender in this regard.
AND it opens up the door for the state to lower its standards to be another North Korea once the cost of taking care of its citizens becomes too great.
Actually I’ll say a better example is Cuba. Poor as shit, failing infrastructure, angry citizens, still Commie.
A gilded cage is still a cage, and wrapping an iron fist in a silk glove doesn't change what it is.
Western governments trumpet their freedom, but just because their form of oppression isn't as brutal as a dictatorship doesn't make free. The UK being the worst offender in this regard.
AND it opens up the door for the state to lower its standards to be another North Korea once the cost of taking care of its citizens becomes too great.
Actually I’ll say a better example is Cuba. Poor as shit, failing infrastructure, angry citizens, still Commie.