Comment Re:Highway Robbery (Score 5, Insightful) 453
(The answer, of course, is that the Republicans (and Democrats) are perfectly okay with totalitarianism.)
Actually this is the "this".
The Snowden saga and politicians' and media response to it prove that there aren't 2 teams in politics. Dems and Republicans are part of the same corporation that pays them handsomely with the public's money.
It's like any professional sport organization (NFL, etc). Sure the teams are competitive to a point, but at the end of they game most of them don't give a rip and are chuckling and hugging each other, meeting for drinks and dinner afterwards.... Because they all get paid millions of the public's money, regardless who "wins" a single game. Only the public cares about that single game.
Same with American politics...The debates about healthcare, abortion. The elections. The political news shows. It is all just to see which team is best funded by the special interests. The special interests have big plans for the public's money and/or social behavior. In this system the politicians are always paid, at the public's expense.
It is no wonder why no politician or politically bent media organization will tip this system. It is their cash cow. We Americans need to wake up.