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Maybe I am an eternal optimist but in my opinion, it's impossible to keep all that crazy stuff under wraps for long - information wants to be free, and it will
by nikster 13y ago
Maybe I am an eternal optimist but in my opinion, it's impossible to keep all that crazy stuff under wraps for long - information wants to be free, and it will get out one way or another.
The USA is in a very bad situation thanks to the media's lock-step with the government, and all is controlled by big business. You'd think there is no way out. But at the same time, certain rights like the right to free speech do not go away.
In times of great despair, great help arrives. This is why I think new channels of communication apart from TV and newspapers will arise. New channels that will not be owned by big business. HN readers will probably laugh at the notion - hey, maybe the ...internet? Yeah I know - but it seems like mass media still has a huge influence and, now, in 2013, still defines "public opinion". What's on TV is what's true.
We have all the tech to change that, and I think it will change. Even though it hasn't so far. Some new way of determining AND making the public opinion will arise. I look forward to it (and if I can help enable it, I will)
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago>Maybe I am an eternal optimist but in my opinion, it's impossible to keep all that crazy stuff under wraps for long It was kept under wraps for a long time. Those IRS training materials which mentioned DEA/SOD intercepts were from 2005-2007. Each of the little pieces needed to understand what's going on has been available for a long time, but we all collectively failed to put it together[1]. >In times of great despair, great help arrives. In comic books. [1] Some of of us managed to put it together, but they were crazy tinfoil-hat types.
- enraged_camel 13y ago>>Maybe I am an eternal optimist but in my opinion, it's impossible to keep all that crazy stuff under wraps for long It just needs to be kept under wraps long enough. After that, momentum takes care of the rest. I do believe that we are past the event horizon on the subject of surveillance, and things will only get worse from here.