After all, they have to do it to us to prevent the terorists doing it first.
There is a view of the individual's relationship to the state that is under re-negotiation to the detriment of the individual. You only have to remember Google's CEO recently effectively said "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"; the classic authoritarian justification for intrusion. Sometimes I think that global breakdown following climate catastrophe might just allow us to reset politics more in favour of the individual instead of the state. keep to the Fen Causeway
Breakdowns produce changes, but not necessarily the ones we'd like.
(And that's before we even get into the relationship between citizens and quasi-state transnational corporations...)
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
But in the absence of breakdown we have certainty. The Fates are kind.
