Ed Snowden fled to China, so it's OK for the NSA to spy on us....

[woo me with science]

10. K&R This whole incident is also revealing

the extremely ominous and disturbing propaganda machine that the corporate plutocracy is crafting to replace the free press of a democratic society. From the purchased mainstream media to the incessant political astroturfing of the internet, the propaganda machine in this country has never been more manipulative, dishonest, non-transparent, relentless, and determinedly pervasive, systematically infiltrating even discussion boards like DU.

What is being done to this country is well beyond creepy and disturbing at this point. We have been overtaken by corporatists intent on corporate fascism, and we have *already* been stripped of major foundations of our free society, including our right to privacy, our right to free speech and free association, our right to protest, and, increasingly, the free press that was our most important alarm for and protection against government abuse and tyranny.