Right, well, at least these sources have given better insight on this; I believe it's a potential problem, but, at the same time, it may just go down like the SOPA bill; a possible threat, but, smothered by opposition against it.
Well, that's a no brainer, simply because everyone has different views, different opinions on the matter, and different ideals on such things. Therefore it's unlikely we can ever stop stuff like that dead, what's there is there, and it's simply a matter of how much this stuff is kept under control. If some crazy policy were ever to go under the radar and all of a sudden, say, the taxes increase a ton, or suddenly, people get arrested for trivial things, it's not like such things will go unnoticed... In fact, it's more likely in scenarios such as that that the general public would rise up and protest against it then, why? Because, from what I've noticed, the general masses tend to take action upon what is reality right now than what could be a reality in the future.
Well, in all seriousness, if they're that dead set on it as we think they are, and it actually gets through, the resulting public outcry will most likely undo that sorta thing anyways. Not saying I won't contribute to the cause if the need for it arises, but, so far, this sort of thing has yet to be made "official", and also; this was more of a thing in 2014 than it is now, even if it's still active, it's started to slip under the public interest radar. (Upcoming elections, various other controverseys, and conspiracies circling around, particularly polotics/equality related ones)
The thing is though, if the Government is truly dead set on such a thing now, do you really think public protests will change it? Because, right now, who says the Government still won't give us the retaliating "Hah! We win!" if we start doing it at the moment, since, by this logic, they all care only about the profits right? And seriously, how am I contradicting myself again? As much as I'd like things to stay stable, they simply will not, shit changes, people change, policies change, and, hell, even the presidency role is going to change as elections are coming up. As much as we'd all like to focus on one issue at a time, unfortunately, society as a whole isn't gonna do that; some people thing female and male equality should come first for example, while others think Climate Change should come first, and then there's the still controversial even after being established net equality, and race equality and yadda yadda yadda. I'm not suggesting we don't take action against such things, but, rather keep in mind that such things aren't the only problems that crop up.
Right, that may be because I'm a little scattered brained, my thoughts constantly wander from the subject, and I have trouble expressing what I mean somtimes, I admit that but, here's my point; issues such as these should indeed be taken care of, yes... But, sitting here, complaining about it shouldn't be the way to go about it, I personally am not fully with the cause because I feel like there's various details missing, my opinion simply differs from the opinions of people with such a cause. However, if your belief in a cause such as this is stronger than mine, I'd say go start your own protest or something, sign a petition sure if it suits you, but, if you strongly believe in your cause, please don't wait for others to publicly proclaim their stance on this... Do it yourself, in my opinion, it would make a bigger impact on the Government and help "stamp out" issues like this before they're set in stone.
Yeah, it is :P I'm just in the stage where I can go ahead and sign the petition really, but, at the same time, I feel like I should test people's stances on the subject, to both see where others stand and to figure out where I stand in the situation. These things are issues, but, some people at times can blow it out of proportion depending on the scenario, and others seek to use such information for more selfish reasons, so, it's a little uncertain what sources you're supposed to listen to really.
