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Except wiretapping was made illegal in like 1968, so the gov was powerful and nosy then. I'm guessing its not "weak government" but actually "good government"
by vineyardmike 2y ago
Except wiretapping was made illegal in like 1968, so the gov was powerful and nosy then.
I'm guessing its not "weak government" but actually "good government"
- washadjeffmad 2y agoYou forgot about the Federal Communications Act (1934). And that was just federal. The Tenth Amendment meant wiretapping laws were on the books in states from the mid-1800s, securing the natural privacy of use of the telegraph as a protected medium of communication almost immediately following its inception.