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One reason that leaders as diametrically opposed as Obama and Trump can be aligned on surveillance is simple: The majority of Americans don’t care. The reas

• boomboomsubban 10y ago
  Partially, it's also that anyone strongly opposed to surveillance realistically can't get elected to high office. If you oppose the intelligence agencies, they have access to the data necessary to ruin you by leaking that your running mate had ECT or someone similar.
• pitaj 10y ago
  Just for future reference, please don't quote using the four-spaces code block. It can make it difficult to read on mobile, and often requires scrolling from side to side on desktop. Please, instead, use the `>` (meme arrow). While it does not add markup, it does make it significantly more readable. Thanks.
  • stefantalpalaru 10y ago
    > `>` (meme arrow) It's much older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_quoting ...and it looks suspiciously similar to the "diple" used by ancient Greeks: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/01/30/quotation_marks_long_and_fascinating_history_includes_arrows_diples_and.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/01/30/quotati...
    • pitaj 10y ago
      Oh I'm sure it is. I just called it that because it's funny.