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>The facade of democracy >The response from the people has been the most disappointing Which one is it? Is it that democracy has failed, or is it that the maj

• herbig 12y ago
  These two things are not mutually exclusive.
• ryan_j_naughton 12y ago
  You are supposing that they are separate/independent failings when in reality they are linked. The way the government and the media demonized Snowden and fed the public misinformation was designed to get people to not care about this issue. By attacking Snowden and misrepresenting the facts (such as congressmen claiming he was certainly working for foreign intelligence agencies), they muddied the waters and left people confused and consequently apathetic.