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Originally Posted by ZenGum
And here is where I think a lot of Americans are making a very bad assessment of the relative importance of things.
Assume the goal is to ensure the life, liberty and (opportunity to pursue) happiness of the US people.
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Well, it is, but understand that it is only about "the US people". The rest can fend for themselves.
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Terrorists have killed ... ten thousand, in total, ever? How many have cigarettes killed? Car crashes?
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Less than most all other countries. Ciggarette smoking has significantly been reduced in the US; Our car crash requirements are among the highest in the world. So yea, as long as we are free to manipulate statistics, we are doing quite well compared to other countries.
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Meanwhile, multinational corporations have effectively bought control of your government and are manipulating it for their own benefit.
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Democracy is a bitch.
Well, no, politicians did that. Not Corporations. I don't know where you got that idea, but our government made all that happen, not some mystery shadow corporation..
The God Damm Government is doing that for us.... not some mystery Corp....
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Your government now routinely spies on you and strip-searches you, and are taking more and more steps towards detention without trial, torture and killing.
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Horse shit. I travel all the time. None of that has happened to me or anyone I know. You are focusing on 0.00001% of any person who travels.
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I don't know about you guys, but I am FAR more scared of the trend toward corruption of the US government than I ever have been of any terrorist organisation.
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I am much more fearful of a runaway government, unchecked and un-regulated.