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Patriot Act and the NDAA are nails in the coffin of a free society.

• sarcasmatwork 7y ago
  Agree 100%
• Arubis 7y ago
  This does strike true. A useful inquiry would be: what can we do about it? The technological sidestepping game seems to be running out of steam.
  • maximente 7y ago
    one thing i've been thinking about is one issue political parties. "our mission, once elected, is to..." US example: thinking about medical care here: what if a political party came out and said, "we don't care about marijuana, gay marriage, federal debt, ...: only getting medical care for all. you'll say, well that's impossible, people won't vote for them without knowing e.g. what their stance on abortion is. but... i'm convinced those wedge issues are what keep the 2 party system intact. they'll just ruin you by pitting the other k % of people against you as mortal enemies, demonizing and alienating those voters. easy example is abortion, who probably have a lot of bright line voters. anyway, it'd be really tough, as would any new political party in the US, would be attacked endlessly by the RepubliCrats. but, seems like an interesting thought nonetheless.
    • bo1024 7y ago
      You'd be interested in alternative voting systems, for example direct democracy or liquid democracy, proportional representation, ....
  • buboard 7y ago
    Maybe convince presidential candidates to start talking about the pressing issues before distant future measures like UBI
• YinglingLight 7y ago
  Where does using an ally's spy agency to circumvent being unable to target US Citizens fall on that list?