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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is much easier for people living in dictatorships without free press and fair elections to accept.

Thankfully we are not there yet. We need to value true freedoms - democracy with checks and balances, freedom of speech, free press, and independent branches of legislative, executive and judicial government and ability to pursue happiness.

As for living in dictatorships - Westerners have little idea how terrifying that would be. Where viable opposition and their supporters are either jailed, murdered or tortured - where critics of government can be sent to jail or re education camps  and where competitive businesses are shut down if they don’t belong to cronies.

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I think many posters are missing OP’s point and simply defending a US-centric perspective which is centred on the importance of individual human rights like freedom of speech, etc. Not everyone prioritises human rights in the same way. In some countries, the right to shelter, food, public safety or an economic livelihood might be seen as more important. [/quote]

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