Chances are, PRISM is not the beginning of a steady march toward a fascist police state.
But it is certainly a precondition. Just like "free speech zones" after the Iraq war and during the run up to the 2004 presidential election.
Let's not kid ourselves: we won't awaken in a fascist state. It will be like the frog boiled alive, the ratchet will be turned ever so slowly, but the march is definitely in the direction of fascism. How long will it take? Will it ever happen? We can't say now, but the last 12 years have had an alarming number of movements in the wrong direction.
We need only consider the difference in freedom between now and before 9/11. How many more attacks or Bushes before 1984? It's a finite Number, and on my opinion low.
But it is certainly a precondition. Just like "free speech zones" after the Iraq war and during the run up to the 2004 presidential election.
Let's not kid ourselves: we won't awaken in a fascist state. It will be like the frog boiled alive, the ratchet will be turned ever so slowly, but the march is definitely in the direction of fascism. How long will it take? Will it ever happen? We can't say now, but the last 12 years have had an alarming number of movements in the wrong direction.