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Seems like a weak article intended to try to placate people who are concerned about what the leaks revealed. The scope and scale of mass surveillance systems t
by motters 13y ago
Seems like a weak article intended to try to placate people who are concerned about what the leaks revealed. The scope and scale of mass surveillance systems today is in no way comparable to the government systems one or more centuries ago. Even if Lincoln spied on the telegraphs, back then most people didn't use telegraphs for personal communications.
- danso 13y agoThe OP talks about an order which circumvented the press and even called for the arrest of newsmen. Even if you were right about the use of telegraphs for personal communications, the freedom of press is actually enshrined in the First Amendment and the public was much more reliant on the news wires than they are today. Why is it so hard to accept that the government has frequently used war as a pretext for violating civil liberties, unless you insist on keeping to the narrative that America was a flawless beacon of freedom until the NSA showed up? What's that saying about those who fail to remember history are doomed to something something?
- greenyoda 13y agoThe original quote was: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." [1] [1] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana