US government responds to latest hack: give us more power over data collection
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Yup, they will use any excuse, even completely counter intuitive ones, to try to take freedoms away from the people they are supposed to be serving and protecting. They don't even pretend to be trying to act on behalf of the country or with rationality anymore.
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@scottalanmiller said:
They don't even pretend to be trying to act on behalf of the country or with rationality anymore.
People don't even realize it, or are willing to give up freedom for a false sense of security
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
They don't even pretend to be trying to act on behalf of the country or with rationality anymore.
People don't even realize it, or are willing to give up freedom for a false sense of security
The nature of democracy. People don't think it through that much. The majority don't vote based on a knowledge or a care about the issues.