[Maru]

Originally Posted by Merry Mockmas

You make some fair points.

I just wish that things like the Digital ID's and the trying to heavily police and stalk people on the Internet were the bigger talking points for people though.

Or the fact that the Police in the UK are growing a pattern of arresting people for non-crimes.

The immigration issue is more directly related to these things than you think in many ways because mass *unchecked (important) immigration inevitably leads to largess in government. Just use "public safety" to push things like digital ID and to push for major increases in policing for "enforcement" reasons. It's not that immigration is inherently bad, it's that it's out of balance with our ability to integrate them responsibly.

We would not have Trump's policies and a public desire to see motions to crack down without preexisting government largess and irresponsible leadership. The irony here is the Public continue to trust the government to resolve issues it directly caused on purpose to support its own long-term growth...