the Five Eyes Alliance is an intelligence network based in the English speaking world that originated during World War II and has since evolved into a dominant geopolitical tool led primarily by the United States. This partnership operates without democratic oversight, sometimes even undermining the sovereignty of its own member nations and their elected leaders. Beyond military defense, the alliance engages in economic espionage and intrusive mass surveillance targeting both foreign allies and private citizens. Linked video goes into detail

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47165348

I noticed many people believe, that Western countries ranking low on corruption indexes, shows they aren't corrupt as hell.

To me this just means it's at a higher, much harder to prove level.

Instead of starting at the cop level (which is still possible with connections), it starts at the points where multi-millions can be made without anyone really noticing.

E.g. farm land > residential use, construction projects, sale of government properties, favors for corps etc.

America is no longer the land of the free. We are still free in the sense that Norwegians, Germans and Italians are free. But that’s not what Americans used to mean by freedom.