> Is this seriously the America that exists today?
Uh, yeah? I mean, no shit it is. This isn't much farther over the line than the shit that went down in response to the WTC attacks. Where have you been?
Australia, thankfully. Although the current direction of our government is also becoming increasingly security oriented, to the point of metadata retention schemes and site blocking at the ISP level coming in.
Australia leads the pack in defining workable, effective social control measures for its population. Whatever you think America is going to do in the immediate future, America's little cousin, Australia, has already done it, and is quite proud to show their bigger American pals just how to do it ..
Uh, yeah? I mean, no shit it is. This isn't much farther over the line than the shit that went down in response to the WTC attacks. Where have you been?