Comment Re:WTF? (Score 1) 79
How pessimistic can you get? I don't buy that as a realistic assessment.
And that's why this slow erosion of our rights will continue apace.
Because people, as a large, unified group don't stand up and say "No" to this sort of bullshit, and then back it up with force if necessary.
Because, at the end of the day, all power derives from the application of force, or threat of force.
You can pretend it's all about civility and enlightenment. But people can still choose to be uncivil. And stupidity abounds. And, in the end, naked force, and the willingness to use it pretty much ALWAYS "wins" the argument.
The day will come, when people will have nothing left but their gilded little cages and a vague perception of liberty. The longer we put off that inevitable confrontation, the more people it's going to kill in the end.
If you don't want a tree to fall on your house, you don't plant a tree, and you cut them back before they get big enough to fall on you.
You don't just let the tree grow wild, have it fall on the house, then cut it up afterwards and complain about the damage.