The article is all about spooks using spy glasses which are.... well, less than subtle. Not complexed truck who want a bigger tool.

But... think of the children !

The protection already exist, it is called the 2nd Amendment.

Do you realize that everybody does not share your belief that your child should make as much money as possible, but instead, do what they like. There is other metric than "money" to measure "success". If you are skilled for music and enjoy it, even if you make 50% less than a pure breed mathematician, you are still doing what you like. And you give no crap to geometry, or calculus.

Moreover, all teacher are not skilled the same way. I never understood anything in my bachelor linear algebra course for months. The teacher was utterly incompetent. A year after that, I read the book about AES, with an introduction to linear algebra, and I learnt more in a few page read in the library, than in months listening to the teacher...

Finally, the government isn't pure. I'd not be surprised to see the following happening:
[at an FFL dealer:]
John Doe: Hi, I'd like to buy this firearm
Vendor: Sure, sir, let me run the background check...
[time passes]
Vendor: Sorry, sir. The system has found out you fought a younger boy when you were 13, your background check failed. Please wait for the local LEO to come proceed to your arrest."
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VISA can be denied, especially working VISA, countries wants highly educated folks to raise their GDP, not street sweeper.

1995 was 20 years ago, Internet has much changed since. No Government could handle its maintenance and ever happening upgrade. I know this because Internet access really started in France when France Telecom lost its monopoly and third party ISP appeared. Installation were old and rotting, but hey, it was kinda working so nobody did anything. Not to mention Government corruption.

My point exactly, the problem was just thrown away in the next generation. But a politician will held a position for what ? 10 or 20 years max, they don't give a frack what happen after. They got re-elected as much as the could and milked the cow the same way.

For tourism, sure. For working and living, not so much without being "of interest" for the country. And this is rather sad, the first contact, when you leave a country because of its Government, has to be with another Government... Unless of course if you travel illegally, in which case, you are truly free, but then, you all likely become a criminal.

Whose kind of liberal progressist are to DARE tell him what his dreams should be ?

There is none... And you are NOT free to move wherever you want. Trust me, I tried. If you are lucky to be born in Europe, you have reasonable chances to move... in Europe, but that pretty much it without a lot of paperwork.

The Internet would be in a pretty bad state... and don't even think to post any comment against the Government in place...

Pension buys social peace and appeasement...

Post offices are publicly funded and thus, financed through taxation. So because someone does not pay *explicitly* does not mean they don't pay at all.

The left hates the whole Bill of Rights...

+1 !