Australian here. Free? You dont have healthcare. You just lost net neutrality. You are subject to extraordinary rendition by your own government at any time, anywhere, to nonexistent prisons on nonexistent flights. You get virtually cavity searched and take off your shoes at every airport. You can get stopped and asked for your papers within 100 miles of any border, and indefinently detained until you can prove your identity. Employers can fire you for no reason. Abortion is illegal in many places. Hell, so is euthanasia. Civil forfeiture is a thing, and you're guilty till proven innocent. The nsa is listening to your phone calls, spying on your messages and saving your browsing history. Some cities can light their tapwater on fire. Students are being indebted for most of their lives. Housing prices are out of cintrol.

But hey, you have guns right?

Idiot.

America is an extraordinary empire and has achieved extraordinary things. But you aren't doing shit with your guns except killing each other.