Our inability to stop this is a very bad sign about our future.
Our inability to stop this is a very bad sign about our future.
The US has been security by obscurity in so many ways, this latest abuse is just further evidence that counting on it would only ever delay abuse for [checks calendar] about 250 years.
And really is has been in free fall for decades, the fact that so many recent examples are so flagrant (along with this) is what is upsetting (mainly because no one with any power is moving to stop it in any meaningful way).
Corruption isn’t eliminated entirely but is drastically reduced. Taxes then get spent on society instead of corrupt politicians. The result is more bureaucracy but it also placed the country lower than the US on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[0]. CPI has its own measurement issues but is the best we’ve got.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
Especially poignant in my home where leaders make corruption===outwitting laws===smart. Perception can lead to widespread adoption.
But I guess if our laws actually held up corruption wouldn’t outwit the laws in the first place.