Re: Agreed

Or, perhaps, our situation allows the abuses of government to be far more obvious to us than to those who have not been abused by the government.

Yeah, the discontent have the impetus to learn and be critical.

Also, I support these kinds of discussions here. That way, when all those visitors come by, they see that we're a group of diverse, critical, informed citizens. Well, and for the merits of the discussions themselves, of course!