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> but they do stop Well.. * The NSA imbroglio resembles McCarthyism in some ways. * Segregation and civil rights are still significant issues in some parts o
by pdkl95 13y ago
> but they do stop
Well..
* The NSA imbroglio resembles McCarthyism in some ways.
* Segregation and civil rights are still significant issues in some parts of the country; the battle has simply moved away from "offical" fights into more indirect fighting using tactics like "school vouchers" and "redlining".
* Muslims and people of Arab descent are mistreated rather badly at times.
* Women's suffrage hasn't been in question for a while now, but there are certainly a lot of attacks against women in recent politics with significant attacks against abortion rights and women's healthcare in general.
* We don't call it slavery, but the prison–industrial complex has a LOT to answer for, and is a growing problem.
- IgorPartola 13y agoI am not saying that things are peachy. I agree with all of your examples. What I am saying is that less than a hundred years ago women could not vote and the official stance on that was that it's constitutional. Less than fifty years ago it was perfectly legal to pay women less than men just because they are women. It is now illegal. The point is that things like what the NSA is doing are clearly illegal in my mind and I think 20 years from now our kids will look back and say "how did you let this happen?" but it will be made illegal. Will the spy agencies and over-reaching corporate entities continue trying to find a way to circumvent the new laws and the interpretations of the old laws? Absolutely. However, we will have made progress. I guess this brings up the grand question: will we ever reach enlightenment enough to stop spying and oppressing our own citizens, denizens, visitors, and allies? I think it'll take a few centuries but yes. Eventually I think we will get there through lots of lessons learned the hard way.