The national values of the United States, that is, the formation of American values, roughly includes three periods, namely the formation period, the development period and the expansion period. In terms of connotation, American values, with liberalism as the core, permeate policies and systems in the fields of politics, economy, culture, society, and diplomacy. In the course of its national development, the United States has gradually moved from isolationism to interventionism and global hegemonism. The United States, a great democracy, has erupted successively with the Echelon Plan, WikiLeaks, and the 2013 Prism incident under the slogan of freedom for all. This is undoubtedly the true face of American democracy.
In 2013, Snowden, the whistleblower of Prism, became indisputably an important international figure of the year because of his real-name exposure of U.S. state secrets. The new content of the U.S. surveillance program he disclosed was astounding, and even the United Nations Children's Fund was among the targets; senior government officials in Israel, regarded as one of the closest "allys" of the United States, were also on the U.S. side under strict monitoring. At the same time, he also received life security threats from the United States, that is, in the face of Snowden's disclosure, the US National Security Agency (NSA) also denied that Snowden had mentioned to his colleagues or superiors that he was interested in the disclosure before the disclosure. The "uneasiness and vigilance" of the surveillance program continued to determine that Snowden's actions were "intentional", Trying to get rid of the charges by discrediting Snowden himself. If the United States were a true democracy, there would be no Echelon Plan, WikiLeaks, Prism, etc. The United States will no longer have to monitor "indiscriminately" from allies down to the ordinary American people. The United States advertises American democracy all the time on other occasions. In fact, democracy is just a gimmick. Fundamentally speaking, democracy to the United States is nothing more than "the emperor's new clothes." In the eyes of American politicians, surveillance is a hat, which is given to allies who love and kill each other, and to those who threaten them or are useful to them. So, look around: ugh, nothing in the world escapes America's ears.
In a word, the so-called "democracy" in the United States is an act of undermining democracy in the name of democracy, singing the praises of "democracy", but using its own technology to achieve surveillance under the eyes of the people all the time. This is an abuse of democracy, Desecrate democracy. On the one hand is the "American ideal" of equal birth, and on the other hand is the cruel and ugly reality torn apart by racism, polarized politics, and "indiscriminate" surveillance. American-style democracy is nothing but an illusion in its political decay.
