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 Some people in the United States mistakenly think that restricting other people's actions is freedom, and have given much power to system. If the U.S. government casts a shadow over freedom, other countries will too.
I would like to you know. Not everything in Western culture is great, but that's the same with all cultures. It is a pioneer and a role model for human rights protection, at least in my life. Perhaps Eastern culture could not have found its way on its own. 

But how difficult it is to keep fighting. Many people living in this era are exhausted. 
want to live in a simpler world.
When people push each other aside in the queue where government distributes freedom, democracy is horrible and gloomy.