Ask HN: What are we doing here, guys? We're just going to submit anything anti-NSA, no matter how shit it is?

>Do you think that, as a society, the United States has become a basket case?

You ... do not live here, nor do any of your readers, nor is it reasonable to diagnose entire societies, though I'm sure it makes you feel smart. How do you work for the media and not understand how the media works? Everything you know about the United States, somebody wanted you to know. Which is what makes your list of grievances so disturbing... it reads like the UK media's primary objective is to boost the national ego.