I apologize if you see this more then once. With the advancement of technology we went from biological and chemical warfare to a insane nuclear arms race. With enough weapons to blow up the world many times over perhaps someone realized that this is something which needs only to occur once for the world to become no more. We are still caught in the middle of an arms race however the battle wears a disguise, appearing to be less lethal to the public’s eyes compared to the idea of being caught in the middle of a nuclear holocaust. Welcome to the age of information. Wouldn’t people in positions of unchecked power find ways to profit from abusing their power? Since it is certain that some people will abuse their power if they think they can get away with it, somewhere along the line information and people are going to get exploited. When politics are involved corruption surely will follow. You cannot stop the occurrence of something if you don’t know about it. How easy it is to manipulate people into handing over their civil liberties. Remember, you are not giving up liberties because anything that is being done against you is all being done in the name of national security. “Move along people, move along, there is nothing to see here.” The foundation upon which the current political and economical system is built upon is beginning to wobble. Sooner or later it’s bound to collapse because a weak foundation can only stand for so long. History repeats itself because people don’t learn the first time around. If we repeat the mistakes of previous eras we are bound to end up following their footprints. If things were bad before, they are probably worse now because over the years the technology has advanced and mistakes made in today’s world may carry greater long terms consequences then they once have. Knowledge is power. If you are a thinking person you are a threat to the corrupted who want you to accept everything presented word for word without questioning the validity of the content. If you don’t think for yourself someone else is going to think for you. Does this idea make any sense? Discuss.
Yes, it makes sense and is an argument against censorship and covert surveillance. Things we should all be very afraid of in todays political climate. But herd mentality still works for the marketers of the power mongers and the majority of us still fall for that group hug crap.
Our liberties are being stripped, our constitution IS being shat on. Bush can put military groups in any place if he feels there is a "threat to national security" living down the street from the 7/11. America has already won the race to get nuclear arms, its not a race anymore its everone else catching up to us. Hell, we have already used two of them. Most of what you said in the post is a commen belief that the goverment is fucking us, which they are, but it is not AS bad as Europe. History is repeating because we are not in a country that has had its liberities stripped and managed to regain them (stripped by their own gov) and the goverment is thinking of clever, insightful, dilligent ways to make us think we are doing good (such as.."We're kickin ass" ) ps- Mine as well say it, RonPaul2008 (SHAMELESS)
This empire will crumble as historically other empires have crumbled, it's just a question of when, and how it will affect the rest of us.
