What is the most freedom loving country?

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I've often thought (and hoped) that if things got that bad, Texas would be the first to secede. More may or may not follow, but I hope we can at least count on Texas.
 
Mater Dei, I'll keep tabs on this thread, maybe we'll end up as neighbors, hope I can buy enough land to set up a range for the .50 cal. :)
 
That's interesting, pax, but I don't think that economic freedom equates to personal freedom. Hong Kong ranks #1 and Singapore #2. I've been to Hong Kong several times and lived in Singapore for 3 years and can definitely say that they don't hold a candle to the U.S. in terms of personal freedom. Both are duty free ports and that likely boosts their economic freedom stats.
 
Hong Kong is part of Communist China again...it slipped bad.
Have heard some former communist countries are actualy very freedom loving, more the small ones, but with the EU moving in, that won't last long. One set of brtal masters for another....
 
Silver Bullet is on to something. It is difficult in this modern day, to ascribe the characteristic of freedom to an entire country.

Can one think of a larger contrast in freedom between say, living in Washington DC and living outside of Noorvik, Alaska? Moscow and the Taiga east of the Urals? Helsinki and Lapland?

The true freedom split is between urban and rural. The smaller the population per square mile, the thinner spread the more annoying aspects of authority are.

My uncle is the most free man I know. He spends his days cruising his 40 foot sail boat around the world. He only stops in to check on civilization when he requires repair items or some food variety.
 
Thanks for the link, pax. From the 'Executive Summary' for those who may have missed it:

The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property. Thirty-eight components and sub-components are used to construct a summary index and to measure the degree of economic freedom in five areas: (1) size of government; (2) legal structure and protection of property rights; (3) access to sound money; (4) international exchange; and (5) regulation.
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By these measurements, Hong Kong and Singapore come out on top with New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK and the U.S. in third place.

So what does that mean and what is our criteria for measuring "freedom"? I, for one, would not want to live in Hong Kong or Singapore or even the UK. It would seem that 'economic freedom' and 'personal liberty' are, at least subjectively, two different things, although they share some common qualities.
 
I agree with whoever said we have to be careful not to equate economic freedom with personal freedom. They don't always (often?) go hand in hand.
 
Free? Or Freedom Loving? If free, probably the USA. If freedom loving, Poland comes to mind. The Poles know what it was like to live under oppression--recently! Remember the Solidarity Movement, that was the '80's for you young'uns...Remember when Pope John Paul II was named Pope? Poland is still fighting alongside our troops in the Sandbox. They have backed the US remarkably well, considering their freedom is only about 25yrs old.
 
I'd have to say those countries with the least freedom love it the most. They are willing to give their lives for it, or risk their lives to go where? Why the USA of course. We are the most free country of the world. But for how long? The desire of many people wanting to force everyone to live the way they feel, believe the way they believe, is stronger now than ever in the history of our nation it seems.

Too many take freedom for granted in the USA. Many people in powerfull positions are trying to tighten the noose around our necks "for the good of society" of course. Every right taken away fuels the fire of the destruction of freedom. The cry of the dictator is always the same: "Give up your rights for the good of society"
 
It has a weak central government and vast remote areas which have little or any governmental control.
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Anarchy: A state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority (Merriam Websters)

Because of the destructive nature of man, no government at all is not a good thing. In like fashion, because of the destructive nature of man, too much government is not a good thing either.

The problem is, maintaining a balance between the two is practically impossible in a government that allows lobbying by special interest groups for passage of laws for their own special purposes and beliefs. The constitution was and is close to perfect as originally written. It's all the crap that's been added under pressure from lobbying where the problems stem.

Another problem IMO is the belief that the Constitution is a document only the Supreme Court is qualified to interpret as to what the purposes and intent of those that penned the Constitution was.
 
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