Over-burdensome regulation and massive liability exposure is stifling business and creativity, slowing the flow of capital globally and stagnating economic growth.
China's predominant foreign policy has been cutting business deals, while the US policy has been one of military deployment followed by pressuring trade deals. Reception to the latter, not surprisingly, is increasingly being viewed as one-sided and not a win-win.
Imagine for a second you're a terrorist intent on inflicting unimaginable harm on your enemy. Now let's further imagine that your enemy is the United States...
Those aged 18-34 are overwhelmingly in support of the whistle-blowers and hacktivists that are exposing the corruption, illegal activities and cover ups that are rocking our perceptions of "good" and "evil" within our society.
Our bloated government needs to stop controlling and start serving. Providing its "less wealthy" citizens the very same investment freedoms that it grants its wealthier ones would be a good start.
This unauthorized and unlawful "spying" on everyone is going to end very badly, especially for people that don't educate themselves and are proactive in their defense.
The war against privacy is ultimately being fought to make sure you don't keep anything hidden when the global government funding crises comes to a head.