Maybe in Western Europe and North America?

In Latin America, they seems to active, and in Africa, they are everywhere. My daughter was with the UN War Crimes Tribunal in Sierra Leone, and she said that the Chinese were everywhere. They were there to exploit the iron mines, bribe the government to let them extract what they wanted, giving the government officials a cut, and leaving a polluted, scarred, formerly iron-rich province. Some of the locals told her that is what they were doing all over the continent. Of course, the corrupt government officials receiving the money didn't see this as "interference," but the population sure did.

Personal freedoms such as? Reproductive choice? Or is it freedom of speech? As long as the "speech" doesn't materially threaten the present administration or our corporate overlords. Maybe the personal freedom to commit fraud and financial crimes and not
be held accountable - that must be it.

to be "free" in this country.