Either they have equal freedom or one is freer than the other. You can't answer an either/or question with "neither." It doesn't make sense.
Neither does the question.
How doesn't it?
It's an interpretive question, Bono. What do you interpret freedom to be?
Then why didn't he ask that instead of giving a loaded question?
How is it loaded? Which country do you feel is more free. Based on what I've learned about you, you're likely to believe B is, and that's fine. Just say it.
Because it's a false dichotomy.
That's the whole point; I can't imagine anyone would choose either of these to a less extreme version. Choose which one is less bad.
But you're talking about ideal choices which would be in between. But my choice is orthogonal to these two, not a middle point.
You're missing the point, intentionally so as to show how "special" you are. The question is presenting a dichotomy. There are two choices. Yes, dichotomies are rare in real life, and you should not have to choose between the two. That does not mean that you cannot answer the question.
And, of course, your fantasy world does, indeed, lie between these two points (or, rather, pretty much exactly at point B), but you'd rather not admit it.
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