Re: "Now they are your best friends? sigh..."
I am sorry. I have much admiration for the US - and have lived and worked there for a respectable amount of time, but NO, the 'American way' does not include 'standing up to government and power - tech or otherwise - and scrutinizing it' - although some very decent and informed Americans (as in the rest of the world) do so. You seem to be living in an alternative universe.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
