So more hard work, less holiday, no public services and more violence. I can't wait to emigrate away from this nanny state which has never once stopped me doing something I felt like doing.
We've kept innocent people in Guantanamo for 12 odd years because of what they might know. Surely Bin Laden was the prime candidate for interrogation. Or maybe... the West already knows all there is to know about Al qaeda.
Why do companies spend billions on advertising each year then? Because the media is very powerful influence on people. Much of politics is a propaganda war.