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> And yet we have the entire population under surveillance. Compared to that, spying on a handful of civil leaders is nothing. If the FBI of the 1960's had the
by organsnyder 12y ago
> And yet we have the entire population under surveillance. Compared to that, spying on a handful of civil leaders is nothing.
If the FBI of the 1960's had the technology of today, I guarantee that they would have done the same—and probably more. Not to excuse the intrusion of today, but the government of the 1960's was certainly no better.
- pessimizer 12y agoThere's also a case to be made that it was no worse, and it was, in reality, extremely limited technologically. Most people today living in industrialized countries are living under surveillance nearly as intense as MLK was under, and people of interest are under a lot more. This comment was probably logged.