I&#x27;m not American so I&#x27;m not the &quot;you&quot; you&#x27;re referring to in your bizarre &quot;aim higher&quot; lecture.<p>That said, the comment I was answering implied the US is an unfree country. That is simply not the case. To illustrate this, let&#x27;s see how some other countries, including the ones you named, compare to the US.<p>Freedom House ratings[1] for selected countries (100 is best):<p>Switzerland: 96<p>Norway: 100<p>Australia: 98<p>France: 91<p>Canada: 99<p>Russia: 22<p>China: 16<p>United States: 90<p>So the US is roughly equivalent to France, one of the countries you named. Russia is lousy, as expected, but certainly not the worst.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;freedomhouse.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;freedom-world&#x2F;freedom-world-2016" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;freedomhouse.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;freedom-world&#x2F;freedom-world-...</a>