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So the big reveal then, is that while America may consider its heavily industrialized war-monger operations 'honorable' for 'moral principles' and the 'greater
by fit2rule 13y ago
So the big reveal then, is that while America may consider its heavily industrialized war-monger operations 'honorable' for 'moral principles' and the 'greater good', in fact underneath the covers is a vile hive of rotten scum and villainy.
Yes, spy agencies are 'allowed to do dirty things', thats why they are spy agencies .. it is the state sacrificing its last privilege, the individual, for the 'greater good'.
Except, like all technology that is weaponized, it can also fall into the wrong hands. Snowdens' reveal is that it is in fact in the wrong hands, because it is being used indiscriminately and without any scruples by the people with special .. privileged .. access to The Citadel.
I find it hard to consider doing business against an American company, in a serious big-picture way, as being anything but a ruthless affair. If the NSA and its corporate owners are allowed to consider their occupation, indeed we have witnessed the death of freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of justice for all. We have new rules, and new rulers.
- tzs 13y agoJTRIG is a British program.
- fit2rule 13y agoBig deal. British military-industrial crimes are just as heinous as the American kind. Didn't America get started because of British oppression - and yet here it is, subverted, and committing the very same acts that were once worth sacrificing ones life to prevent ..