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In reply to the discussion: AHA! Why privacy is important. I finally got it. [View all]Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Today I've been thinking just how much I've grown in the last 10 years. No, I was only looking from the outside in when Andy was here. And the whole Bev Harris thing was a whirlwind to me. I mention it because as I've stated recently that getting out of our situation is a Catch-22, my growth is part of it. I had no idea, and a big fraction of Americans still have no idea what is really going on. Thanks to propaganda, poor education, and a number of things, Americans are in the dark.
I've also been asking what it's going to take to turn it around. This must be more than a place where we communicate for our own benefit. We're in a big sinkhole, and it's looking bad. A few more years of a Democrat in the White House, and it could be another turn for another blow to the country, if we're unlucky. Democracy Now is on a handful of stations plagued by poverty. Noam Chomsky isn't on national tv every night. Fear and greed have won. This is why I cheer at the revelations regarding the activities of the NSA. Maybe that's just the catalyst we need to wake enough people up.