What Collapsing Empire Looks Like
By Glenn Greenwald
Does anyone doubt that once a society ceases to be able to afford schools, public transit, paved roads, libraries and street lights -- or once it chooses not to be able to afford those things in pursuit of imperial priorities and the maintenance of a vast Surveillance and National Security State -- that a very serious problem has arisen.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26098.htm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=national+security+state
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
Does anyone doubt that once a society ceases to be able to afford schools, public transit, paved roads, libraries and street lights -- or once it chooses not to be able to afford those things in pursuit of imperial priorities and the maintenance of a vast Surveillance and National Security State -- that a very serious problem has arisen.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26098.htm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=national+security+state
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
rudkla - 7. Aug, 09:34
