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I didn't say it, your sources did.

> There's a good reason why on every half-serious index about freedom of speech or freedom of press, the best countries are Scandinavian and Switzerland, followed by West-Europe. And that data is from before the current orangutan is in office.

Can you share your half-serious indicies?





> Can you share your half-serious indicies?

I already shared them.

The Democracy Index is by The Economist [1]. The USA was #28 there (2024), well below Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, and well below Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and various others. That's from 2024, before Trump's attack on the US democracy.

World Press Freedom Index by Reports Without Borders [2]. The USA is #57 in this list (2025), in the yellow color ('problematic').

Also, take note that both of these values are world-wide under threat, and the USA is part of being under this threat.

You also wrote in your previous post:

> By one of your own references USA is in the top 3 for freedom of speech.

But that one has incomplete data. It lacks data from like half the world. Finland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Switzerland (each countries doing well on every other index) aren't included.

> I didn't say it, your sources did.

Yeah, they couldn't know your country would be nearing a constitutional crisis by end of 2025.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index




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