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In reply to the discussion: Isn't it amusing to see all the Obama defenders ignoring the issue of mass surveillance? [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)and endlessly post pro-spying NSA talking points. If you are for Snowden then you must automatically be anti-Obama.
I really don't see this issue as Obama vs Snowden. It's about NSA and their corporate rulers who are making huge amounts of money off of spying on every American. If we did NOT have so much of the spying outsourced to out-of-control corporations, we probably would not have this nonstop, massive spying going on right now. It's the money from our tax dollars being thrown to corporate capitalist that causes it to be so massive and invasive. Get rid of the contractors and you could then focus on controlling the NSA, FBI and CIA.
But of course, if you turn it into an Obama vs Snowden issue then you don't have to confront the capitalist incentive to turn every American into a possible traitor who must be controlled and spied upon.