Hi
I'm well over 30is, Brandon is my name, coming from east bloc, that's why my english is still on his knees.
I'm pretty devastated by changes flooding over country's like UK, US and Co.
You see, grooving up in socialism, wasn't glorious even nice, because there was a horrible lack of - privacy, respect, security and trust. All the way through - state, army, police, council's,friend's even family - if you were'nt part of "ONLY WISE SYSTEM" you were second class entity - with bruises on your lifeway
Such "OnlyWiseSystem" is grooving up now and here. I can say that because I'm having
a DEJA VU living in UK for years. My family was destroyed by comunist's party members over "capitalistic manner" which was just only hard working for our own small family company. We dont attended political system and we dont payd them pocket money,so we where anti...social ! Such crazy things happen early or later in such crazy system. Alcoholism, ASBO, Vandalism,Broken familys, Lazyness and morale going down - is a unevitable part of steaming down to nowhere.
If people are under such pressure and threated like sheeps they will fight.
Look what happened to the comunist Rulers ? And to "OWS" ?
IT WILL BE NOT NEW WORLD ORDER - IT WILL BE COMUNISTIC WORLD ORDER BUT WITH MUCH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND EVIL POWERGREED BEHIND !
Life in the country which have no respect for their own people is a paradox.
It will come to another revolution - this time in West. Or maybe III World War ?
We have here already mass Symptoms like before First and Second WW.
Financial Crisis, Swine-Pig-Birds flu, Worklessnes, Debtscam all the scam's are manmade for what ???
To ensure "Their" EDEN on EARTH with US as SLAVES.
But this is obviously just another Cyclus in the History...

Welcome to ATS, Brandon.

I look forward to your perspective and insights regarding some of
the topics and discussions we have here. As you have probably read,
there are many here (including myself) who think that the US and
western Europe are on a downhill slope regarding freedom and
sovereignty. Some day it is inevitable but I still think there is time
for the people to wake up before it is too late.

I suppose coming from South Africa there are many parrallels. The scenes going on now are sometimes frighteningly similar to apartheid, with protests in squatter camps and police shooting tear-gas and various bullets. They say only the upper-classes benefitted, although, for what it's worth, everyone can now vote, mainly for two huge parties. It's wierd how things change and stay the same.