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More people have been arrested over the Reflecting Pool than the Epstein files
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2026
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We're reaching North Korea levels of freedom
Other way around. Our nation has always been less free than NK. We have more malnutrition, more citizens imprisoned, and at war with more nations. We set the bar. Kim wishes he had as much power as Trump does over his Americans. Most Americans go along with the lack of freedom because they have no idea what true freedom actually feels like.
OF COURSE we would have more malnutrition, more citizens imprisoned, and have been at war with more nations. Your statistics are silly.
So, even if you're correct on data (malnutrition, imprisoned, wars), it's meaningless and in no way indicative of "freedom".
This is the best you can come up with? Lame
Dude you can't argue with tankies. They do not care.
2 out of 3 of your points relies on data that we can only get from North Korea. So I have my doubts.
The US is generally pretty open with statistics like those since each individual state needs to report both the number of prisoners and the number of people below the poverty line in order to get that sweet sweet federal money allocated.
Also malnutrition? Kinda the opposite given rising obesity rates. In the food department the struggle is about accessing quality and stable nutrition. But in terms of calories people get enough
Do you know what "per capita" means?
This person doesn’t even know what “means” means.