A Leash That Slowly Tightens. An Immorality tale.

Maccabee at Daily KOS :

I had one of the most frightening conversations during a ride to the airport this morning with a Cabbie that lived under a horrible tyrant. He gave me his predictions for the United States.

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"I went home to Bucharest about a year ago and saw some family. Right now they have more freedoms in Bucharest than you have here. That's the irony. I have children and grandchildren here in America and I see little future for them here. America manufactures nothing. So there will be no real economy in the future. The only thing made in America are deals."

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"You still haven't made your prediction," I reminded him.

"It may take about ten years. But it will be very much like the old Soviet Union. Incompetent government. Walls will appear around you. On the borders. Your internet sites will be scrubbed or monitored or may suddenly disappear. A government will control everything from one branch, businesses too will be in bed with the government. One day you will see your boss have the power to go through your bags. One day your corporation will have more rights than you have. Just like in Romania, we had conspiracy theories. One nuttier than the next. It turned out to be mostly true these things. This thing that has happened to America was planned for a long time. And like Romania, people will forget and lose all the principles that your country was founded on. We had a Constitution in Romania. Under the communists?....just words."

As unsettling as it is please read the whole thing. (and some of the comments too.)