The US is losing control of the internet (Wired UK)
Quite a interesting article, looks like America is losing grip on a lot lately.
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The US is losing control of the internet (Wired UK)
Quite a interesting article, looks like America is losing grip on a lot lately.
They should rename this "US lose control of free speech"
It's about god damn time, it seems countries are waking up .
NSA backlash sparks new technology - World - CBC News
Comms giant pushes anti-spy network - The Local
Every great nation falls at some point.
I just seriously hope it doesn't hit Rome status before I die. Or at least before I'm able to move out the country.
At the rate things are going. Tough shit of that happening.
Finally no more fascists on the internet and I can surf the web without having some douchbags tracking me and breaking 20+ laws in the proces.
Karma still has a long way to go but it's a start.
Texas shall thrive on.
They tend to decline of hundreds of years. You should probably start injecting yourself with stem cells now if you want to be around to see America fall properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supicioso
More likely the planet will become more and more connected, until such point that every country is part of one big governing body. Essentially the UN, once it absorbs everyone else and gets full power like the EU is most of Europe. The sooner economies are combined, and boarders become irrelavant, the better imo.
The economies are already very intertwined. Its good and bad. It is bad how the media can affect it. (Their scare topics do not help confidence in the stock market for a simple example.) It is bad how a single government can affect it. (US government 'shutdown' and debt ceiling bologna.) It is also bad how recessions seem to affect most everyone all at once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert
I understand what you mean though, I just don't see how that will happen with the way things are, unless big changes are made.
Intertwined sadly isn't good enough, it should be the same frankly. The cost of an object in one country should be the same as another, after shipping is taken into account (which is barely anything when manufacturing on an international scale anyway). Likewise wages, tax and cost of living should be equalised imo, we live in a global workplace where anyone anywhere can largely do the same job with similar education. That guy in America outsourcing his coding job(s) proves it really, he could live off the difference in wages alone!Quote:
Originally Posted by Madison
As for governments, they have been given way too much power for our own good. I believe there only job should be make morals into laws. Why they were allowed to make that a full time job is beyond me, but I suppose the majority are all rich and powerful without being a politician it shouldn't matter, I take issue to them being paid for it though. It doesn't take a degree in politics to have a moral code, priests have been doing that a lot longer...
I want this to happen so much, most of the stuff in my country costs around the same as in most European countries, like Gas has almost the same price as in France, but our minimum wage / year is 2.7 k USD while in France it's 22k / year, to put it in perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert
This video explains it all =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs
Yup, and the jobs these people are doing tends to be making stuff for those on 22k/y jobs. Just look at the "interns" in chinese factories who make fuck all to make iphones, with terrible working conditions etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by PunkS7yle
Alas the people who are profiting from this practice are the ones who get politicians into power, so there's little chance anything will change. It's why I seriously can't blame people from wanting to immigrate. If anything it's our own fault for fucking countries over so much that people want to immigrate!
Welp, looks like the US just can't keep it in their pants. US Quietly Releasing $1.6B in Pakistan Assistance - ABC News
Yeah, I get rather annoyed at governments in house bitching at each other about their domestic budgets, when they spend billions on other countries. If they spent a little more time fixing their own country, I'm sure the world would be better off. Pretty sure other countries can fend for themselves for a few years during an economic melt down, and if they can't I'd suspect their people will be quick to overthrow them.Quote:
Originally Posted by PunkS7yle
But no, keep the status quo going!
I'm curious if this will ever effect the use of .com and other american endings.