> yes - we changed the government. Trying to change politics beforehand was not so successful after all East-German too, younger though. Yeah it's funny, all t

> yes - we changed the government. Trying to change politics beforehand was not so successful after all East-German too, younger though. Yeah it's funny, all the time it seems impossible for "da people" to engender substantial change in governance. Then woopdidoo, some Gorbachev comes along, holds some talks with the Reagans of this world, eastern client states slowly learn they now can and should hold off a bit from total autocracy, and "the folk" get to exercise some agency for a brief time. Beautiful. Where was this agency after Snowden, after other introductions or revelations of police/surveillance state measures? Looks like it wasn't quite as expedient to today's Reagans/Gorbachevs/etc of today. Sorry people, no illusion-of-agency for you when alignment with officious objectives is absent. Maybe it'll come around somehow..