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Youā€™re a very typical US citizen that has bought into the ā€œmah free dumbsā€ lie. There are 8 billion people on the planet and regulations are about those people (or some subset thereof) having a way to get along without buggering up someone elseā€™s freedom. Itā€™s all very well driving a car, but the asthma you cause in someone else necessitate regulation for many other peopleā€™s freedom. USA is one of the very few places on the planet that has Jay walking laws, because most countries recognise peopleā€™s freedom to walk in the street, ffs, itā€™s not rocket science, itā€™s a very basic freedom.

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Nope, Iā€™m far from typical. Iā€™m a well educated successful American with a Zen-like level of contentment. I have the true freedom to do whatever I want in the USA, whether you believe it or not.

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Oh dear god, thatā€™s sad. You are the definition of typical. Iā€™ve spent years working and travelling in the US, and you speak exactly like virtually everyone else over there. My dear friend, you donā€™t have control over anything. You donā€™t even have control over your own bowels, they will drive you to obey them. Everyone thinks they are free and in control, and you, like everyone else, control virtual nothing in your life. This is not some great conspiracy, its just the law of nature. So enjoy your free dumb, you poor fool, but try very hard not to fuck up someone elseā€™s freedom in the process šŸ˜‰ or accept that there is no such thing and go with the flow instead. You are soo American, it would be funny it it wasnā€™t so sad. Sorry.

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Well everything you just wrote is absolutely wrong. Why donā€™t you go ahead and list anything that you think I donā€™t have the freedom to do? Put some substance into your hyperbole for a change.

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