Criteria for a Free People
The following brief essay presents three criteria for judging whether a society is free or not based on the habits of those people. Unfortunately, the people of the US do not come off very well in the analysis, and to a certain extent I agree. What I don't agree with is the cynical assumption that things won't change. As long as people have the Internet to provide them with alternative points of view so they can educate themselves, there is hope. Go. Read. Think. Then act upon your thinking.