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Old 07-28-2012, 14:39   #9
Tree Potato
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Originally Posted by craigepo View Post
I think you are looking at this through a too-narrow prism. I would opine that, although worldwide freedoms rise and ebb, the world today is more free than ever. One just needs look at this from a long-history viewpoint.
Sir, supporting your evaluation is the trend of the Freedom Status table as reported by freedomhouse.org here.
It seems to be a very gradual transition, and while the past 3 years have been an ebb in the wrong direction the overall trend is favorable.
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