How are these things in danger NOW? Did you sleep through the whole Snowden incident, and everything Assange published in the past decade? Trump can’t take away what you don’t already have.

We've certainly lost some of these things, but we're about to lose all the rest.

The US will be moving backwards in a lot of areas.

Many would rejoice in the fact that is actually moving. Backwards and forwards to many in this election is a matter of opinion.

In countries outside of the US, the opinion seems to be almost unanimously that the US is moving backwards.

From what I hear, people expect the US to be:

- A lot less friendly place for women, people of color and other minorities.

- Preferring hateful rhetoric.

- Dismissing scientific facts.

- Bankrupting the less fortunate that need healthcare.

- Enlarging the divide between rich and poor, via tax cuts for the rich.

- Less friendly to fellow NATO members, trade partners, neighbors.

I don't know how anyone can read this and see this as a progression.