On this Independence Day, I'm thankful for Edward Snowden

[DonCoquixote]

38. We do not need to call Snowden devil or angel

After all, we know the Founders had a LOT of skeletons in the closet, yet we can be thankful that, as full of flaws and ulterior motives as the American revolution was, at the end of the day, progress was made, a progress against tyranny and oligarchy that Europe would have to purchase later, at the expense of untold war and suffering,for themselves and others.


Yes, Europe is standing tall now, but they are only at their point because they have, like an addict that has had too many hard lows, they realized they had to kick bad habits, or die. Granted, they still Jones for the colonial fix, as is shown when even the French send troops to Haiti and Mali, but for the most part, they know that the idea of Empire is bullshit. Sadly, we are at that point in history where we are going to have to get of Empire's buzz, probably Cold Turkey. The Clintons and Obama were supposed to serve as a sort of Methadone where we come off Imperialism, but sadly, they sold out to the drug companies. No one is likely to provide a "Marshall plan" to build us up after we come down either, because many in places of power still think of anything not German, French or English as the colonies. That is ok though, because when we DO kick the bad habits, and when we do throw the users out of our lives (and for all the Libertarians out there, I mean the real parasites, the 1%) we will also stand tall, taller than we ever did, because we will finally get to the business of becoming the nation that we should become.