* Congressman trying to re-authorize PATRIOT Act was spied on by the FBI [1] * Google fired employees for abusing personal info [2] * Facebook fired employees for abusing privileges [3] * Twitter insiders spying for Saudi Arabia [4]
Democracy works when the desires of the people get enacted into law. We see more and more that it is not happening. Instead, more power is consolidated to the rich and powerful. How is that happening contrary to "democracy"?
I think that behind the scenes in the US, a dictatorship of intelligence agencies, wealthy businessman, and monopolistic companies has been developing over the last 20 years. The government and congress is not the boss, but the oligarchs are. They run the show, and its as much of dictatorship as anywhere else in the world. The US propaganda is not calling it that though.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/politics/fbi-surveilla... [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/google-fired-employees-abusi... [3] https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-fired-dozens-abusin... [4] https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-insiders-saudi-arabia-sp...
For us in Europe, that's certainly true. For someone in South America where the US had installed some dictator, or funded and trained some paramilitary groups to clear lands for US fruit companies, I don't think that answer is quite as clear.
Where exactly would you like to have that? I guess not in South America, or any other country where the US world order was better off with a dictatorship rather than a democracy. Snap out of the stupor, my friend. The US has only one interest in mind and it’s not the interest of democracy, but rather that of the military industrial complex.
You can keep on drinking the cool aid, or actually support democracy, which would make you less keen on the theatrics that the US is struggling to keep up.
I’m not pro China, I believe in the European social democratic post-capitalism, possibly with less capitalism and more social democracy and wealth redistribution. From this perspective, the US is doing worse than China.
Surely the U.S is defending its interests first but if I have to choose who will influence my life more I will choose the system aligned with my values.
I prefer democracy over dictatorship what about you?
The difference between relation of US companies and government vs Chinese companies and government, US companies often go head-to-head with the government on policies, or they will need "lobby" it, but for Chinese companies, Chinese government have communist party officials directly running the board, Chinese company can only obey the party, look at Jack Ma.
US companies take the data turn it into profit, but scary part of Chinese companies and Chinese government they took the data probably not for profit but for something else, political agenda? or maybe even more worse.