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We live neither in post-9/11, nor post-Snowden. I'd actually trace it more back to post-New Deal, because the NSA has been conducting bulk domestic surveillance
by vezzy-fnord 12y ago
We live neither in post-9/11, nor post-Snowden. I'd actually trace it more back to post-New Deal, because the NSA has been conducting bulk domestic surveillance ever since its inception (starting with telegraph communications).
- kelas 12y agoIf we were looking for a really striking level of abstraction, we could say surveillance is probably as old as prostitution. But you will agree Snowden did a lot to help general population understand where we are today. Definitely not Kansas, and no other New Deal in sight.