Originally Posted by
kanor
Thanks for the fest reply,
kanor! And the dedicated link.
Sorry if you have the impression that I was painting too dark. I think I am doing not due to the fact that I stated only the publicly available, "open" information.
The scenarios behind are very refined and even have much more influence on the daily life. Most of the population is not interested in politics and sedated by the large media companies and therefore this scenario will evolve.
If you would like to have a full picture you would have to scan the Internet for the different initiatives of the EU which would at least require three months work.
The main problem is that the politicians didn't react accordingly to the perfidious attacks of 9/11, 3/15. The best way to act would have been (and would be) an even more and free society.
And not seeing a threat behind every citizen. Who is - by the way - the employer of the politicians.
That said I have buried my dream of seeing the vast array of museums and sights in Washington, DC. Strictly due to the fact that fingerprinting (aka "erkennungsdienstliche Behandlung") is mandatory when travelling to the states.
For me it remains unbelievable that one suicide attack has nearly completely destroyed the democratic achievements since 7/4 (1776).
And more and more unauthorized people try to do ID checks and copy national ID cards/passports for selling them later. Until now in Germany only a public servant is allowed to take your passport/ID card away.