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In reply to the discussion: The Goal of Wholesale Surveillance [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)20. Just to inject my own opinion here
The Obama administration is irrevelent...sometimes the PTB have one of their own as president and sometimes not, but the policies continue on ether way.
Power is much to important to them to be a the whim of a democratic election...and rule from the shadows is just as effective as rule in the light.
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Welcome, surgence. I think Octafish was posting for the benefit of all DU readers. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#35
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. Albert Camus
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#4
They are never 'gone'. They leave the public stage and continue their 'work' offstage.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#24
Germany collected info on Jews too once upon a time. I know it's not an exact comparison but...
L0oniX
Jun 2014
#6
No. The illegal domestic surveillance continues under the current administration.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#19
I think it's a perfectly legitimate comparison. The East German Stasi also spied on the people.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#25
And today they have the ultimate tools, basically prying into everyone's mind. It's dangerous and
RKP5637
Jun 2014
#29
Sometimes I feel like we're moving right back into the McCarthy era. It's hard to tell
RKP5637
Jun 2014
#34
I think if it was announced that WalMart had been given a contract to inject all of us
djean111
Jun 2014
#51
Also, Bush did not claim the authority to execute American citizens without due process.
Maedhros
Jun 2014
#59
Combine the power of being able to cherrypick any situation, word, or phrase out of context...
Shandris
Jun 2014
#44
30,000 Drones, cameras @ every intersection & all along the freeways. And next, cameras/microphones
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2014
#65
Principiis obsta and Finem respice—‘Resist the beginnings’ and ‘Consider the end.’
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#58
+1. Right back to the 1930s, perhaps. But this time, there are no good guys to come to the rescue.
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2014
#67
You'll be "disappeared," and the people that question your whereabouts will be threatened.
blkmusclmachine
Jun 2014
#62
The goal is actually to create a steady source of income for govt. surveillance contractors...
MrScorpio
Jun 2014
#72
They get to pick and choose who the gate keepers are and reward them accordingly
MrScorpio
Jun 2014
#79