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My Pet conspiracy theory is Snowden's is a US operative, and the whole goal of this operation is to get the US populous to accept this whole surveillance state,
by apalmer 13y ago
My Pet conspiracy theory is Snowden's is a US operative, and the whole goal of this operation is to get the US populous to accept this whole surveillance state, and to get congress to fully legitimize these surveillance operations...
- pradocchia 13y ago> get the US populous to accept this whole surveillance state, and to get congress to fully legitimize these surveillance operations... that does, frankly, seem the most likely outcome of all this, specific orchestrations aside. no one really has the stomach to roll back the security state, so after a good catharsis, these programs will get legitimized, we'll accept pervasive surveillance as the new normal, and adjust our lives accordingly.
- gwgarry 13y agoWell you better be very careful about what you say because you don't want to denied entry to the US now do you?
- pradocchia 13y agoKeep your head down and stay out of trouble, yes.
- cgio 13y agoI am not betting on any side of his actual position, even though I would like it to be someone who does it for his principles. In any case, though, what you say is how this thing will play out. Covert operations control a dissenting minority. Control of a majority requires publicity of the operations so that the majority is then self-controlled.