Prism

Yeah. Id like to be as optimistic as you, [MENTION=2088]Flonne[/MENTION]; but I can't help but see [MENTION=4093]SaptaZapta[/MENTION]; points. With the whole, if the technology exists then it will be used. But I don't want to down right accept this. Its probably bad to say but I have a hunch that America well have some kind of revolution. It will probably be small and short but the internet and its universal free speech and current Government structure can't really Co-exist. In the sense that the Government works on keeping something secret while the internet is the complete opposite of that.

It's not that the government structure and the internet can't exist, it's that the internet and the government need to work together. The government wants to keep tabs on things in the internet, people want the internet to stay private. The two need to meet in the middle; the internet needs to give up some privacy, and the government needs to take the privacy it is given and use it effectively and with in reason. As Obama defended Prism, you can't have 100 percent security and 100 percent privacy. The two cannot go together.

Directed at you and [MENTION=2088]Flonne[/MENTION];
A US revolution is likely to have huge impacts. Regardless of what happens in the US, it will have effects worldwide and I'm not talking about inspiring other revolutions, I'm talking other political and economic consequences. Should the revolution produce the society you hope it does, who knows what could happen. Likely the US would lose a huge amount of sway in international politics, which would likely hurt the new regime. Not to mention you have to question how stable it would be afterwards. That question would linger until power has transferred two or three times at the very least. Should the revolution fail, well, I know you don't particularly care for the US now, but I'm certain you wouldn't like the US when there's Chinese hegemony instead of US.