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Unless the laws are batshit crazy and you are fighting a noble battle to change society for the better. Of course that kind of subversive thinking is exactly wh
by guelo 12y ago
Unless the laws are batshit crazy and you are fighting a noble battle to change society for the better. Of course that kind of subversive thinking is exactly what the FBI considers domestic terrorism and will go to all lengths to stop. The "electronic frontier" is the civil rights issue of our times, but any kind of civil disobedience is punishable by decades in prison, a la any authoritarian regime.
I think authoritarian-types consider snitching "adolescent" because they have lost all sense of idealism and justice that they once might have had as a youth. The only way to change society with that type of mindset is for millions of dollars to be spent on lobbying by corporations or benevolent millionaires.
- rayiner 12y agoWhat kind of noble ideals are any of these crackers fighting for? They're just bullies of the electronic era--using their skills to assert power over others. Re: the FBI. Their job is to maintain law and order. The burden of this is that even though 99% of the time you'll be fighting malevolent destabilization, you're likely to be in the wrong side of history that 1% of the time, and history will pillory you for it. That's OK and it's inevitable. It's intrinsic to the social function of such organizations. Because for every MLK there are a hundred David Koresh's.