It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Bio: Sandra Dodd is an unschooling advocate. Her articles have been published in homeschooling journals, in her self-published books "Moving a Puddle" and "Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling", and are available on her personal website.