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It's illuminating that even on Hacker News, the first two comment are "It's old news" and "They don't do too much". Even here public perception on surveillance
by karlp 7y ago
It's illuminating that even on Hacker News, the first two comment are "It's old news" and "They don't do too much". Even here public perception on surveillance is changing.
- pas 7y agoYes and no. It's atrocious, but what can you do besides not going there, trying to persuade Trump et al. to conduct a much different foreign policy, use a burner phone, all of the above? And all of these have been already said. Today/yesterday in quite a few submissions and their comments.
- michaelt 7y agoIt's atrocious, but what can you do besides [...] trying to persuade Trump et al. [...] all of these have been already said. American politics would look very different if people who were for/against abortion, or for/against gun control, or for/against tax cuts were so quick to abandon their positions when they suffered a setback.