I was going through my great grandfathers records, he jumped on a ship in London came out to NZ had his snider rifle with no fire arms license to fight the Maoris , hunted where ever he wanted , opened a saddle shop with no permits needed , hopped on another ship went to Sydney 14 years later and on another to New Guinea in 1878 all with no passports or visas - now that is what I call freedom , so doubt you can honestly say "people in the west enjoy the most freedom they have ever had. "
