Has America gone mad? Am I the only one who remembers the term big brother, or that pesky document known as the constitution, or that unbreakable freedom Americans used to so annoyingly brag about? Was I the only one who read such literature as Brave New World and 1984? I feel like while I was sleeping all these people got brainwashed into sitting idly by while all their rights go out the fucking window. Suddenly it's okay to hate a religion (as long as that religion is Muslim), it's normal to fire people for their political beliefs, the enemy has now become those who want peace and harmony, it's normal to see people burning and boycotting a group for saying that they don't agree with the war, and it has become intolerable to question your government. Americans have taken five hundred steps back, into another era, it's like a mix between Hitler's Germany, Russia before it was reduced to ruins and America pre Civil War. Die hard conservatives must be getting such a kick out of this shit. .
The government has finally been able to monitor people's every move, masking their disgusting violation of privacy, by focusing people's attention towards terrorism and Saddam Hussein. They can now legally tap into people's lives. You buy a book, big brother is there, check out a website, big brother is there, go to the store, big brother is there, charge something to your credit card, big brother is there, use your phone, big brother is there, and if during any of this you seem to pose a threat (you buy a book on terrorism, bombs anything seemingly dangerous - which could easily be explained through curiosity, interest, a project, a report etc.) you better believe that big brother will be a permanent fixture in every part of your life. While five years ago no one in their right mind would have stood for this, now everyone has been so scared by the government and 9/11 that they are handing their privacy away.