Are us Americans merely robots for our government? Why do we conform to what they want? Why are we not really?

Yes you are but that's quite normal really the strong always manipulate the weak. It's important to see the chains, to know what's what.

And it has gone too far in America. Ok, many of you live priviledged, comfortable western lifestyles but what happens to those with no money? Does your administration really care about its people or is it happy to watch them die (Katrina and Iraq) and perhaps murder them to further their own selfish ambitions (911).

You have the freedom to protest in America, you'd better start using it before you lose it.

It depends on the 'conformity' that you are talking about. Much of the 'conformity' is really the pressures of society, rather than government per se. The government really doesn't care about your lifestyle choices, unless it includes criminal acts.

You worry about cameras in public places, as if the government has the time or inclination to monitor everybody's life. They are there to act as unassailable witnesses for events.

The point of debate might be whether you legally have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place? The USSC has ruled in these types of cases, that there is no such reasonable expectation. I would be a good debate.

Now, I do think that government has grown too big and too intrusive, but this has been caused by people across the political spectrum, who have decided to use the coercive power of government to regulate and monitor our lives, in greater intrusions than public area cameras, for our own good, naturally.

As Camus said, "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience."

Fortunately we are not free in the sense of having no rules or regulations on us. If that were the case, there would be anarchy. And as things go people are always hungry for power. So eventually in your anarchist society someone would step up and captivate others into doing their bidding and before you know it we would be under the rule of a dictator.

It sounds kinda blunt and to the point, but without any rules and everyone being allowed to do what they want when they want it would be anarchy. What would stop me from taking every dime you earn and then killing you, simply because thats what I wanted to do.

As far as being monitored, you have a choice about that. You don't have to use a cell phone, or internet access, or credit cards. You chose to have and use these things. At which point you are allowing yourself to be monitored and tracked.

Freedom? Purleeze! It's superficial freedom that's feed to society from birth as true freedom. There is no such thing as "freedom" in America or another other country for that matter. It's all propaganda and If you can't see that, well then it proves my point, that the system is bloody working well.

Freedom is not the passive activity of absorbing and accepting the BS that comes out of the White House.

All governments monitor the pulse of their own nations, and that includes a lot of covert and intelligence gathering activities. So get used to it, especially here in the USA you have nothing to fear if you are not into illegal or terrorist activities.

Worry about something else dude.

"Why call it freedom when we are constantly monitored?"

Exactly WHO is MONITORING YOU? If you can't answer that, your whole question falls apart.

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There are no "cameras on every corner." They're located in high crime areas and they have CUT crime.

You have no privacy in public.

yes well i have no numbers they can track me by as i haven't used them in over ten years and live back in the woods etc it took me a long time to shake them as i think they all can go jump off the bridge and drown

Vote in November...that's a freedom that MANY suffered to bring to you.

Less government is more.

Elect democrats if you believe otherwise and watch your taxes go up and your big brother take control of you.

Well, we are freer than the majority of the world. Count your blessings