> Freedom to say (almost) anything, publicly, including criticism of the elite and powerful.

Most European nations strongly protect free speech, allowing open public critique and satire of politicians, the wealthy, and the powerful.

> Freedom to do, to create a business with far fewer roadblocks than in, say, Europe.

Several European countries actually lead global easy business rankings, some offering fully digital, single-day company registration, very little bureaucracy (not mine, sadly)

> Freedom to go, to travel anywhere in a really large country, with no borders or restrictions.

The schengen zone grants passport-free travel across 29 nations, spanning thousands of miles without a single border checkpoint.

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artisinal 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

> The schengen zone grants passport-free travel across 29 nations, spanning thousands of miles without a single border checkpoint.

Not anymore. I got stopped between The Netherlands and Germany, between France and Spain, Denmark and Sweden. Germany has border checkpoints with most of its bordering countries.

That is unheard of in the USA. You can travel thousands of kilometers without getting stopped by authorities for checking your passport or identity card.

	▲	lovich 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Eh, we kinda can’t crow about that with ICE now, especially since it’s not just at known checkpoints where they are demanding papers. Free speech is also on the outs since we’re having people getting jailed for not carrying the flame appropriately with regards to the late Mr Kirk. Oh, and people getting prosecuted for 8647 as the powers at be decided to interpret that as a death threat instead of call to impeach.