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In reply to the discussion: The FISA Court is deplorable shite and has no fucking place in a democracy [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)None of the super secret laws and courts would be needed if corporations weren't making such huge amounts of money off our federal government.
First it has to be kept secret from competitors so no one else gets in on their gravy train.
Then it has to be kept secret from the general "civilian" population. We the People might not approve of the vast amount of our national wealth being funneled to wealthy corporations when our country can't afford to even feed their hungry children. We the People might not approve of the methods and short cuts corporations take in order to make more and more profits. Yes, these short cuts are illegal, immoral or destructive but they make the corporations an extra million or two. We the People might not approve of turning over political power to anyone some greedy little pig of a CEO thinks is a ok. We the People might not approve of unelected, unaccountable, greedy corporate tools having the power and authority that use to be held only by duly elected government officials.
It's NOT the government keeping security bugs to exploit our personal information. It's NOT the government storing all our personal information. It's corporate contractors who are doing 99% of it. It's corporate contractors who are controlling it all.