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As an aside, I recently came across the argument that programs like Five Eyes were designed because of mass infiltration of immigrants/others who are not design
by vikiomega9 8y ago
As an aside, I recently came across the argument that programs like Five Eyes were designed because of mass infiltration of immigrants/others who are not designed for Western ideas/government and that it's the price that people pay for relegation of their freedoms. So I might have been living under a rock but this argument is on the alt-right for what it's worth but I'm not entirely sure how to process it. In the sense that there's far too much irony and the lack of a unified framework of laws that work towards humanity maybe? (Sorry for the incoherent thought but I had to get this off my chest)
- lozenge 8y agoThat doesn't really make sense to me. Five eyes, and intelligence agencies, collect information that has nothing to do with people in their countries. For example the US tapping Merkel's phone or bugging the Copenhagen climate talks. It is done to gain diplomatic, military and economic advantage. You can sample them on Wikileaks.
- vikiomega9 8y agoIsn't PRISM and other related programs part of Five eyes? I guess my point was more that as the US moves away from it's War on Terror the next natural target is on ideology
- tumetab1 8y agoNot really since that target probably doesn't support the selling of more guns to the USA agencies.
- seanhunter 8y agoDon't think there's any connection between 5 eyes and immigration. The Five Eyes refers to intelligence cooperation between the major English-speaking nations. That arose directly out of them having been allies in WW2 and facing a common adversary (the Soviet Bloc) in the cold war. In WW2, they didn't have as deep collaboration with many other Nato powers because France was occupied and Italy and Germany were the enemy they were fighting. It was natural for this close cooperation to continue from there.