The Economist Declares Europe the New 'Land of the Free,' and Holy Cow, the Replies
Read the rest. For the article's replies.When does rank illiberalism become "freedom?" When mainstream press outlets need another way to proclaim the orange man bad. The Economist did just that on Sunday morning, releasing a think piece entitled "Europe Is the Actual Land of the Free Now."
The picture used to head the article? A cartoon of an EU-flagged boat hauling the Statue of Liberty away with a sign reading "gone to Europe" on its empty pedestal. Get it? The United States is no longer a democracy, so our European betters have come and repossessed it, signifying their place as the true providers of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I'll spare you the boring details, but the author essentially uses the turn of phrase "the thing about Europe is" to start each paragraph, admitting some of its flaws while framing them as preferable to America's constitutional republic. You see, while there's no right to free speech in essentially any European nation, what you don't get is that they have actual free speech. Try to wrap your mind around this argument.
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