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As an outsider, watching this happen in the US is like watching a really slow car accident. This country is being destroyed slowly by its own leaders. As long a
by typon 11y ago
As an outsider, watching this happen in the US is like watching a really slow car accident. This country is being destroyed slowly by its own leaders. As long as the leaders and others in power are not held accountable by law, there can be no sustainable social progress.
- KirinDave 11y agoWhich country in western society is NOT facing a crisis of surveillance this decade? The entire EU political scene is frothy with special exemptions in the wake of the Paris attacks. We're just in an early election cycle so this stuff comes to the fore as ammunition against the current executive.
- typon 11y agoFine, I see this as more a problem with Western Civilization than just America. America provides the most spectacular and clear example though.
- KirinDave 11y agoI agree. We've inherited a country that has, by and large, completely abrogated any responsibility to educate our citizens. As such we've got a growing education gap at least as wide as our income gap. The result is that a lot of stuff that would have to be more subtle or more carefully timed just works in the US. But we're seeing similar conservative playbooks on Hungary and Poland on an incredible timetable. The EU isn't well equipped to deal with countries that cheerfully dismantle their own constitution.
- mml 11y agoIn reality, today's modern American politician is positively angelic compared to any time in history. The good old days weren't that good really.