"Welcome to the dystopian present. I always thought it would be a lot more foggy and rainy. "
Originally shared by +Jerome Comeau
Look, here's how it works for me.
I don't want my government to protect me from terrorists; protecting me from terrorists is basically impossible anyway.
I want my government to protect me from corporations. Because those motherfuckers are straight-up trying to kill me every fucking day and not for ideological reasons, but for cash. I can generally converse with an ideologue, one way or another, but mercenaries just don't give a damn about anything but money.
Welcome to Venice and Genoa 2.0 ;3
Protecting us from terrorists might be impossible, but it does provide an excellent smoke-screen.