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Back in the USSR

The last border of our National Anthem asks the question: O say, does that star spangled banner yet wave o’er the light of the free and the home of the brave?  Does it?

The time away has me wondering what freedom means to me, as if I were a 5th grader critique an essay on the matter.  Now that I’ve had a little time to reflect on the economic and cultural differences, I’m conflicted about which system is better.  I kinda like the Bill of Rights and not paying 70% of my take-where one lives stress in taxes.  But at the same time it was really nice to drive on roads that didn’t polish off e copy parts off of my car, <gasp> smoke a cigarette in a cafe or move on to the next shop because the owner of the one I went to had gone on vacation.  This is the key quarrel, I think.

We happened to be in Europe during the most popular month for the yearly vacation.  While it was a little frustrating to have to go another stump to find a bodega for a bottle of wine, how profound is it that small business people can let their entire staffs take leave of town for 2-4 weeks?  That’s economic freedom!  It’s been a recurring text in what I wrote over the course of this trip, but they (Europeans) just seem to have figured out something that we don’t get here in the US.

Source: Mig y Liz en Europe

Red army choir - The Lenin's Sacred Banner

A litle celebration to the founder of USSR