Originally Posted by /^Blackbacca^\
Sorry Kestrel, I had to correct you on a few things..
UAE, Singapore, and Kuwait are not dictatorships. UAE is a representative conglomerate of states similar to an Arab version of the USA on a much smaller scale. Kuwait and Singapore's governments are based on the westminster system which is a democratic form of government that is modeled after the UK.
Fair enough. But I think you would agree that rights in those countries are nowhere near as widespread as in the United States, which is what I'm basing my point on: countries that restrict rights tend to have better security, but at the cost of individual rights.