Oh did I upset an American - poor you. I pointed out that all countries have flaws. I used the US as an example because OP is an American. Most of the blog post is about government policies so you don't make much sense.
No, I'm not an American. Why did you use extremes when OP didn't? He's talking about the product of government policies regulating citizens every day lives, the result of which is unsatisfactory for OP, not extremist situations in which political prisoners are shipped off to a torture camp or civilians in different countries are killed.
Those are both terrible things, yes, but hardly affect the day to day lives of people or their decisions, sadly.
