Do you see the pattern there? 4 or 8 year terms. One comes in, does some bad stuff, gets removed. The successor is the popular choice (and B.O. was a popular choice in a mass-hysteria kind of way). No government is going to reduce their own power.
I don't think it really matters who comes in - as some say, they (reds and blues) are just two arms of the same body.
Oh, I know. The world is a corporation and the corporation is everywhere
I suppose I'd move to somewhere much less alarmist and less abusive of the system. Somewhere on the continent - Turkey, perhaps. I don't know. All I know is that the way this country is going just downright scares me.
I honestly see this as less of a reaction, and more of an excuse to control the Internet in the country.
Next chance I get, I'm off.
It's all about perceived and purported stereotypes:
Politics: boring!
Cinema: Fun!
Law: incomprehensible!
Soap operas: addictive!
Economics: complicated!
Reality TV: Best thing ever!
I reckon 'they' are quite happy with these stereotypes. It lets them run the world while the majority sit and absorb rubbish.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.