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I can sleep a lot better tonight having read this thread of thoughts after some of the awfulness I just read over at reddit. With this issue there is a remarka

I can sleep a lot better tonight having read this thread of thoughts after some of the awfulness I just read over at reddit. With this issue there is a remarkable degree of misinformation, as well as fascist ideology supporting the the surveillance state. These neverending, unechecked powers undermine civil rights and allow human rights abuses to go continue. And it's all wrapped in this package of 'a good liberal just supporting the good guys like Obama and Hillary that evil Assange is trying to destroy.' Assange is far from perfect, but I cannot understand how people do not fight back in solidarity with outrage against human and civil rights abuses.

grandalf 10y ago
> I cannot understand how people do not fight back in solidarity with outrage against human and civil rights abuses I think there is a very sad aspect of human nature which makes humans bow before power.
- zemanel 10y ago
  It's called mortality :) people have X years to live and try to make the best of it and not everyone is ready to sacrifice that time for doing the right thing.
  - newbear 10y ago
    The simple fact that other people are unjustly suffering means that my mortality of x years is not the best. I think this alone should make everyone want to help make the world the best it can be. But empathy and love loses to selfishness and greed.