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So roll over and take it like a champ? If everyone thought this way, there would have been no revolution. At some point, enough is enough and I say that that p
by newman314 13y ago
So roll over and take it like a champ?
If everyone thought this way, there would have been no revolution. At some point, enough is enough and I say that that point is way past.
- austenallred 13y agoI don't know what the solution is, but I doubt it's "switch my service provider to AT&T."
- mercurial 13y agoEspecially since AT&T data is probably routed to the NSA as well.
- rytis 13y agoYou reckon people are going to revolt? I have serious doubts about that.
- adventured 13y agoOnly when the social contract is violated will there be revolt. That contract, roughly 75 years old now, is currently on death notice, being funded solely by a printing press. Simply put, the promises can never be met. If interest rates on US debt were just a mere 5% (reasonable given the risk), the $800+ billion per year in interest would instantly 'bankrupt' the government (whether that default occurs directly or via inflation). If one understands much about economics, one understands this outcome is inevitable, and likely sooner than later. Cheap debt binged and not repaid, becomes an expensive anchor around the neck eventually.
- freehunter 13y agoCan the US government really go bankrupt, though? I thought that was a central point that Reagan, Cheney, and Obama have made. It doesn't matter how much we spend because federal debt means nothing. The creditors can't really call it in without mutually assured destruction. Our debt is a WMD and no one in their right mind would pull that trigger.
- ne0codex 13y agoWell, if enough people say "enough is enough"... what next. My mobile device is tied to my phone, I have some work discounts attached to my service, I have a contract (which will gain fees for early termination). These issues make it highly improbably to truly do any action (when it comes to businesses). However, there is a way politically to actually get something done, but that requires the masses to actually organize and take action.
- vijayr 13y agomay be start by refusing to sign contracts for anything other than what is absolutely necessary (like apartment lease, for example)? don't sign contracts for gyms, phones, cable etc? that would make it a tiny bit easier to switch between services?
- vijayr 13y agomay be start by refusing to sign contracts for anything other than what is absolutely necessary (like apartment lease, for example)? don't sign contracts for gyms, phones, cable etc? that would make it a tiny bit easier to switch between services?
- BHSPitMonkey 13y agoThere won't be an "enough is enough" pushback in the U.S. because the kind of privacy we're discussing is not valued by the public. The average response to hearing news like this is something like: "Unbelievable. Typical rotten politicians, I tell ya. So anyway, are we still on for seeing the new Iron Man movie this weekend?" The segment of the population that feels strongly about these issues is small and ineffective. In fact, that's how it works with many negative government decisions. How many of your non-developer friends would participate in an uproar about software patent policy? I wonder how many other niches are facing similar situations.
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- return0 13y agoIt's kind of frightening that a boycott can be considered a better course to defend civil rights than democracy.