Full disclosure, I’m also not American. But I was thinking of the Patriot Act, which IMO was a huge power grab by the Executive Branch and paved the way for a lot of the problems (especially widespread indiscriminate surveillance) that are present today.
It’s up to the Americans of course, and I remember there being protests about it, but I was really surprised they just let that go on without getting rowdy.
That’s quite far back, I was but a youngster/teenager and I’m not from America. What made rioting warranted back in 2002?
Full disclosure, I’m also not American. But I was thinking of the Patriot Act, which IMO was a huge power grab by the Executive Branch and paved the way for a lot of the problems (especially widespread indiscriminate surveillance) that are present today.
It’s up to the Americans of course, and I remember there being protests about it, but I was really surprised they just let that go on without getting rowdy.