Independence Day? 79 Percent Of Americans Are Completely OK With The Current Level Of TyrannyMichael Snyder Sadly, most Americans dont seem too alarmed by any of this. In fact, a new Gallup survey has found that 79 percent of Americans are satisfied with the level of freedom in this nation. That is a very alarming statistic. If most people believe that everything is just fine, then our leaders are going to feel free to keep doing the same things that they have been doing. That is why it is so frustrating that so many American sheeple appear to be so apathetic about the loss of our freedoms and our liberties. But it was not all bad news in the Gallup survey. Lets take a look at the good news first The good news is that Gallup has asked this question many times before, and over the years the percentage of Americans that are satisfied with the level of freedom in this country has been going down. In fact, the latest figure of 79 percent is the lowest number that Gallup has ever recorded, and it puts us below35 other countries So yes, Americans are way too apathetic about the loss of our freedoms and liberties, but at least the numbers are going in the right direction. That shows that we are making progress. And other recent surveys show this progress as well. For example, according to anew reportfrom the Pew Research Center, 74 percent of Americans do not believe that they have to give up privacy in order to be safe from terrorism. That is a good sign. And Americans are more dissatisfied with the federal government than ever before as well. Gallup has found that a whopping 79 percent of Americans believe that there is widespread corruption throughout the government. That is a new all-time high. AndGallup has also discovered that confidence in Congress has fallen to a brand new all-time record low In fact, Gallup found that confidence in all three branches of the federal government is declining. So there are definitely signs that the American people are waking up. But the numbers also show that there is still so much work to do. The Bad News The bad news is that most of the country still appears to be deeply asleep. Our liberties and freedoms are eroding with each passing day, and most Americans simply do not care. Most Americans dont seem to care that the TSA is fondling thousands of women and children in airports all over the nation every single day. Most Americans dont seem to care that the NSA is recording billions of our phone calls and emails. Most Americans dont seem to care that our police are becoming increasingly militarized. As I wrote aboutthe other day, there were only about 3,000 SWAT raids in the United States back in 1980. But today, there are more than 80,000 SWAT raids per year in this country. Most Americans dont seem to care that a baby was recently maimed for life when a police officer threw a grenade into his crib during a SWAT team raid. Most Americans dont seem to care that police recently tasered a man 18 times. In fact, it barely made a blip on the national news. Most Americans dont seem to care that the Obama administration has discussed making gun owners wear RFID tracking bracelets. Most Americans dont seem to care that a new California law would allow police to confiscate guns based on accusation alone. Most Americans dont seem to care that our public schools have been transformed into Big Brother indoctrination centers. Most Americans dont seem to care that the U.S. border is considered to be a Constitution-free zone where officials can freely grab your computer and copy your hard drive. Most Americans dont seem to care that people are being sent to prison for collecting rain water on their own property. Most Americans dont seem to care that facial recognition technology is being installed all over the nation. Most Americans dont seem to care that the Obama administration has expressed a desire to establish a national DNA database. Most Americans dont seem to care that our cell phones are essentially high tech surveillance devices. Most Americans dont seem to care that if you type the wrong thing into a search engine that the police could come knocking on your door. Most Americans dont seem to care that local governments all over the country are now using automated license plate readers to scan our license plates. Most Americans dont seem to care that the federal government is grabbing hundreds of thousands of acres of private land all over the country. Most Americans dont seem to care that Bible-believing Christians are regularly identified as religious extremists in official government training materials. Most Americans dont seem to care that the federal government has identified dozens of different categories of Americans as potential terrorists. Most Americans dont seem to care that we have a president that is treating the Constitution like a piece of toilet paper. I could go on for hours, but I think that you get the point. We are becoming a little bit more like tyrannical regimes such as Nazi Germany and North Korea with each passing day. We arent there yet, but that is the path that we are on. And once our liberties and freedoms are gone, they will be exceedingly difficult to ever get back. So please help us wake up more Americans while we still can. Time is running out. This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. 