"The difference is that we're free to criticise our leaders in...

"The difference is that we're free to criticise our leaders in the west without getting taken off the street for re-education. I don't like a lot of what they do but I'll take Australia over almost any other country right now.
Here's hoping that sanity prevails everywhere. And soon. "

I understand but the freedom to criticise our leaders makes no difference. They continue to carry out their sinister policies. We might as well talk to a brick wall. I suppose that freedom gives some comfort to many but it gives them the illusion that our problems will be fixed. On the contrary, they keep getting worse and worse. Eventually of course enough people wake up and get angry as hell. What happens next only time will tell.