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Whatever you want to call it, this form of government plainly doesn't represent the general population of the country.
by ferdo 13y ago
Whatever you want to call it, this form of government plainly doesn't represent the general population of the country.
- twoodfin 13y agoWhat evidence do you have that the general population cares much at all about these revelations? As rayiner pointed out, President Obama could end any of these programs with a phone call, but even though he hasn't, his supporters overwhelmingly still support him.
- enraged_camel 13y ago>>As rayiner pointed out, President Obama could end any of these programs with a phone call At least the ones he's aware of. The US government is an extremely massive and complex entity with multiple layers of compartmentalization and secrecy. I bet there are programs that even the POTUS doesn't know about.
- rayiner 13y agoThe typical voter is a churchgoing middle aged woman. I'm going to paint with a broad brush, but what about the American government do you think is inconsistent with that fact? NSA surveillance? The drug war? The war on terror?