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Caught up in the uproar over this year's latest hullabaloo - militarized police in Ferguson, tanks on Main Street and ISIS - Americans have not only largely forgotten last year's hullabaloo over the NSA and government surveillance but are generally foggy about everything that has happened in between."In the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate. In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk: culture-death is a clear possibility." - Author Neil Postman
Comment: Burger King is only one corporation in a long line of mega-corporations that evade taxes.
Amazon makes billions from British customers, pays pennies in tax
The tax man cometh...unless you're a big corporation
Taxes are for slaves: Google boss says "I'm very proud of our tax avoidance scheme - it's called capitalism"