"do you equate political dissent with hooligans intent on smashing windows?"
Do you know what happens to people when they have political dissent in the USA? Ask General Lee and the "South". How about the people in Waco Texas? How about the students at Kent State University? Like I said in previous posts, there are plenty of examples.
"if a us official tried to punish me for expressing my political opinion, that official in turn could be punished, sued, even possibly charged with a crime."
Where do you think you live again?
"the government is creating a population of robots who aren't thinking critically and are ultranationalist only by default"
Have you ever been to china? Do you know anyone from china?
I have both visited and have many friends from China. None of them are nationalistic and all of them are sceptical of their government.
But capitalism is also unsane. Tired of patents, get rid of capitalism and try something that will really solve our problems: a Resource Based Economy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States#War_on_Terrorism
"do you equate political dissent with hooligans intent on smashing windows?"
Do you know what happens to people when they have political dissent in the USA? Ask General Lee and the "South". How about the people in Waco Texas? How about the students at Kent State University? Like I said in previous posts, there are plenty of examples.
"if a us official tried to punish me for expressing my political opinion, that official in turn could be punished, sued, even possibly charged with a crime."
Where do you think you live again?
Here is just one of the many examples where the government chooses to silence those that oppose them. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh
"it is not questioned, in the least, that tibet is part of china"
Its as much a part of China as Hawaii is a part of the United States.
"the government is creating a population of robots who aren't thinking critically and are ultranationalist only by default"
Have you ever been to china? Do you know anyone from china? I have both visited and have many friends from China. None of them are nationalistic and all of them are sceptical of their government.
Iran has been attacked by foreign government's propaganda before (Operation AJAX) so the establishment are trying to protect their rule.
But capitalism is also unsane. Tired of patents, get rid of capitalism and try something that will really solve our problems: a Resource Based Economy.