In the US, Support Grows for Whistle Blower Snowden as Anger Increases over Massive Surveillance

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17. When I was younger I believed that the US could be and was a moral leader

in the world.
Turned out that was all Cold War propaganda.
We can't trust the US or any small coalition of countries to determine how countries should behave internationally. All countries need to be included, in such a discussion, and the concerns of all must be addressed. People's needs must come before profit or the "needs" of a corporation. Clean environmental policy must come before profit too and all must have access to clean water and food.
The problems associated with capitalism need to be addressed too. We can't have an economic system that depends on the exploitation of human and natural resources and at the same time respect people or the environment. Likewise, we can't depend on a system that requires constant growth in a limited world.
That ride was fun, but we have to get off.
I hope that people can get together and take control of the out-of-control power elites that currently run our world.