The expectation is that people have an uprising when they find out their government has been doing some nasty shit. Unfortunately, as seen by the revelations brought to us by Snowden/Assange, nothing at all happens. People simply look at the info provided and gasp in awe at "how our government can do such things! /tsk tsk tsk".. then they Netflix and chill.
20-30 years ago I would have said sure it's possible, but now... I don't know.
Todays mentality is in dire needs of repair. The Internet, as much as I love it, has caused us to lose touch with what's happening out there. It's not even just the Internet, we are over stimulated with mindless entertainment these past 15 years that nothing will ever wedge people off their couch.
You look into the past and you'll see nothing but people fighting -- truly fighting -- for their rights and freedoms. Today, barely anything. People get all pissy online "I'm going to kill them all!", "Those fascist pigs!", blablabla... and then within 5 minutes they've all forgotten about it.
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iamrage ago
The expectation is that people have an uprising when they find out their government has been doing some nasty shit. Unfortunately, as seen by the revelations brought to us by Snowden/Assange, nothing at all happens. People simply look at the info provided and gasp in awe at "how our government can do such things! /tsk tsk tsk".. then they Netflix and chill.
notjaker44 ago
It kind of sucks, but maybe there are things that we can do. We just have to figure it out.
iamrage ago
20-30 years ago I would have said sure it's possible, but now... I don't know.
Todays mentality is in dire needs of repair. The Internet, as much as I love it, has caused us to lose touch with what's happening out there. It's not even just the Internet, we are over stimulated with mindless entertainment these past 15 years that nothing will ever wedge people off their couch.
You look into the past and you'll see nothing but people fighting -- truly fighting -- for their rights and freedoms. Today, barely anything. People get all pissy online "I'm going to kill them all!", "Those fascist pigs!", blablabla... and then within 5 minutes they've all forgotten about it.
It's a sad, sad world we live in now a days.
notjaker44 ago
Well things are probably going to be heading for a downturn pretty quick here, our economy is going to go to shit soon.
iamrage ago
Oh completely agree with you there. I guess they'll all take action once their beds are burning.