When does rank illiberalism become “freedom?” When mainstream press outlets need another way to proclaim the orange man bad. The Economist did just that on Sunday morning, releasing a think piece entitled “Europe Is the Actual Land of the Free Now.”
The picture used to head the article? A cartoon of a EU-flagged boat hauling the Statue of Liberty away with a sign reading “gone to Europe” on its empty pedestal. Get it? The United States is no longer a democracy, so our European betters have come and repossessed it, signifying their place as the true providers of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
In its own plodding way, the continent has created a place where people are guaranteed rights to what others yearn for: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Illustration: Peter Schrank pic.twitter.com/tKWpScdNs6
