Surveillance vs. Infrastructure: When A Country Falls Apart

What characterizes the beginning stages of an empire in decline? Is it war, famine, disease, moral decay, or all of the above? There is perhaps no clear formula or single event that can be used to pinpoint when a civilization begins to fall and yet, it must seem obvious to many living at the time.

So, let's ask the question: How about the U.S.? Is it on the verge of falling apart?

Given what I'm about to say, I think we all need to take this question seriously.

To understand the fate of our nation, we can easily compare the following two things: The amount of taxpayer money used to invest in things that, without question, we'll all need and use for years to come, i.e. roads, bridges, dams, clean drinking water, etc – that is, our infrastructure – versus the amount of taxpayer money used by the government for creating a massive worldwide surveillance machine.

Just think about that for a moment.

Needless to say, I don't need to tell you much about recent leaks regarding the NSA. If you've been watching the news, you may know that billions are being spent each year on developing a hi-tech surveillance network to collect, record, and potentially track or predict you and others across the globe.

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