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Communist, totalitarian, fascist, they're all just variations of thugocracy. The US government operates a surveillance infrastructure beyond the wildest wet dr
by a3n 11y ago
Communist, totalitarian, fascist, they're all just variations of thugocracy.
The US government operates a surveillance infrastructure beyond the wildest wet dreams of the Stasi and their ilk, beyond all practical oversight. It attracts people to work for it who think that's a good thing, including the lack of oversight. We're expected to trust them. We know that secrecy promotes laziness, and is used to hide ineptness, incomptence, greed and crime.
Some are no doubt outright thugs. Some probably believe the infrastructure as it exists and is evolving is a good thing. Either way, they're burning the village to save it, and they're using the Constitution as tinder.
- kpommerenke 11y agoThis is an invalid comparison: the US government, unlike the Stasi, doesn't pay your neighbors to spy on you, doesn't interrogate your wife and children about you, doesn't bug your home without a good reason, and doesn't even record your calls (only the meta data).
- a3n 11y agoNeither would the Stasi if they had this. They would do exactly what the US is doing. Modern surveillance has eliminated the middleman. "Come work for the NSA and disrupt surveillance!"