Goodbye, America.

So I heard that the US can no longer afford the internet, and will start shutting it down tomorrow. That must kind of suck, huh?
One day the worlds manly world police, and the next day the rape victim in the shower. I guess that that's what happens when your political system doesn't work out that well. I guess we'll see a british internet in the future, but they're not much better out either, so... ...am I going to have to learn chinese now or what?
What's the chinese word for porn?

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I personally think this whole issue boils down to how we classify "privacy" in regards to the digital age. Is Facebook or Verizon really private? Of course not. Corporations mine, compile, and share your personal data from the Internet and service providers like crazy. You're in their fist. But they're not looking to find terrorists. No, their intention is to manipulate every single aspect of your consumerist life, from what you "like" to what you eat to what drugs you feed your sick baby. People who spew vitriol about the government mining meta-data for possible terrorist links have misplaced their outrage. Go ahead and cry foul about a program that has probably stopped countless Terrorist plots, while doing nothing to you personally besides having your billing information floating around in Computer-land. Cry me a river.