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National security is used around the world to undermine basic laws and constitutions. This trend has to stop. Best start would be yesterday. Sensible constituti
by raxxorrax 6y ago
National security is used around the world to undermine basic laws and constitutions. This trend has to stop. Best start would be yesterday. Sensible constitutions have protection of privacy for a reason. Now we have old and slow people in power that sell it for a bit of profit.
- GordonS 6y agoYes, this is one of the areas where western democracies have gone completely off the rails. But how can it stop? It doesn't seem to matter how moderate and liberal the head of government appears to be, they condone this awful behaviour with the magical incantation: "national security". Governments and the media are adept at spreading FUD by controlling negative messaging around terrorism, organised crime, communinism, the Chinese, the Russians, or whoever the boogeyman de jour is. A huge segment of the populace is is so scared they convinced that they can trust the government and the security services. I just don't see how this can end.