Escaping from violence, crime terrorism

Why governments are your greatest threat

The news keeps telling us that the greatest threat is terrorism. This is just a cover-up for what they don´t want us to see: the real threat. Legal and government violence is a greater threat to the common man than terrorism. Due to new security measures as result of so-called “terrorism”, the government is posing a greater risk to your freedom than ever before. Since most of the developed countries are compromising your rights, the best way to protect your civil liberties is to escape to a developing country where privacy is still a possibility.
The threat of legal and government violence is very prevalent these days. Many years ago, governments didn´t tax citizens living abroad. Now the new security measures under way have governments pursuing citizens living in other countries and demanding taxes, even though those living abroad don´t use the facilities that the taxes supposedly pay for. New legal theories have lawyers terrorizing those who wish to maintain financial independence. In many places the legal system is skewed to persecute people who gain their wealth through independent means, which is why many are choosing to find countries whose legal systems protect rather threaten them.
 A government´s job is supposedly to protect its citizens. However, since the Iraq war, the governments of the primarily developed world have posed more of a threat to people than any terrorist. The loss of freedom which occurred as a result of the terrorist attacks is startling indeed. Citizens of developed countries should be wary of the threat of their governments than terrorists. It started primarily in the US and Britain as civil liberties were taken away in exchange for supposed protection. What the governments protect is themselves and their own financial and political interests, not the real safety of their citizens. The US is coercing other governments to do the same to their citizens too. Many politicians, from Central and Eastern Europe, agree willingly. Others, like those from France, resist the US in public, but in fact, restrict individual freedom just the same.
The US Patriot Act and the European Union’s Internal Security Strategy (ISS) are the two biggest threats to freedom in the Western World. They want you to believe that these legal changes to civil liberties have been enforced to fight the war on terrorism, but the sad truth is that instead governments end up violating innocent people´s privacy rights and confiscating their assets under these legal auspices.
The US Patriot Act under the Bush regime committed many egregious acts of injustice against the individual rights of its people in the name of protecting freedom. For example, confiscation of assets has been allowed under the act without bringing any kind of charges against suspects. Men and women have been locked up without any recourse as an effect of this act. Small business people are now jailed by the thousands for income tax invasion, instead of more justly being tried in a civil dispute. The Act included the right for the FBI to listen in on the conversations of lawyers with clients in federal custody, including, people who are not charged with any crime. The war on terrorism has already caused more damage to the rights of ordinary citizens than any terrorists. That is why it is important to be prepared for the possibility that anyone may be the victim of government terrorism.
With Obama taking over as president of the US, he promised many changes for the US and the world. These included returning rights to the people. So why did he just recently resign the US patriot act, when initially he had promised to revoke the entire act?  The so-called “war on terror” still continues even though it has been 9 years since the 9/11 attacks. And the European Union is in the midst of signing the Internal Security Strategy (ISS) which will severely impact their citizen´s civil liberties.
The bleak reality is that our freedom and privacy rights are being increasingly compromised. It is absolutely imperative that as a small world citizen, you begin to look seriously at your future and the possibility of being of victim of the “war on terror”. There is still hope in securing a foothold in a developing country that can protect your rights, but as the Western World continues to secure their nations, the less likely an escape can be made.