Whether Negro A or Judge Phelan emphasized one point, the United States is a free country. As long as within the limits of the law, no one can force or prevent you from doing anything. However, freedom is not without a price. Not everyone can make good use of freedom and treat freedom well. With the freedom to hold guns, some people use guns to kill innocent people; with the freedom of speech, some people hype racial hatred without restriction; with the freedom of assembly and association, organizations such as the Aryan Brothers and the New KKK can also exist legally. ; The freedom to protect citizens’ privacy makes terrorist attacks and organized crime in the United States much easier than in many countries. (The right to own guns is protected by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and its role is to ensure that people have the ability to resist when they are persecuted by a powerful government, derived from the experience of the American people before and after the War of Independence.) Freedom often comes at the cost of security.
Recently, because of the Zhang Yingying case, discussions on American social security issues have been triggered. In my empire, let alone 48 hours, I am afraid that the case can be solved within 24 hours, and 100% of the suspects can plead guilty. The local police in the United States, including the FBI, have not been able to capture the suspect for more than ten days. Is the US police incompetent or is my country's political and legal department particularly efficient? I don't think so. Anyone who knows a little bit about the US judicial system knows that the US police's methods of handling cases are bound by a bunch of laws that protect civil liberties, so sometimes it seems particularly helpless, and the security in some areas has become particularly poor (one of the reasons). For example, Baltimore (which we will see frequently in the plots of FireWire later).
It is precisely because of the existence of problem cities such as Baltimore and Detroit, and the increase in criminal crimes such as terrorist attacks and school shootings in recent years, Americans have begun to waver between safety and freedom (here only talk about national security and personal safety). And political freedom, as for the personal economic security and economic freedom, it is another big subject. There are many studies on the Austrian school and neoliberal economics). After 9/11, Americans felt that their safety was greatly threatened and supported the introduction of the "Patriot Act." The government's freedom of surveillance, arrest and interrogation was greatly enhanced, and civil liberties were impaired. After several terrorist attacks last year, there has been a debate about gun rights. If there are a few more incidents like 9/11, whether there will be more stringent legal measures and how long the value of freedom in the United States can be supported, it is thought-provoking. However, no matter from the nature of human beings or the innovative ability of a nation and a country, freedom is worth cherishing, and those who lose freedom will not be people. Absolutely safe, it must be a state of slavery. (Such as the former Soviet Union, North Korea)
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