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Glenn Greenwald: How America's Surveillance State Breeds Conformity and Fear
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Last year was my maiden trip to the Socialism 2012 world. I started off by standing up and saying -- I was actually surprised by this, pleasantly surprised, because I didnt know what to expect -- how amazingly inspirational I actually found this conference to be. The energy of activism and the sophisticated level of the conversation and the commitment that people displayed and the diversity of the attendees, really is unlike any other conference. And so when I was asked back this year, I was super excited to come back and accept. Not only because of that, but also because the conference organizers asked if I could speak about challenging the Surveillance State.
The reason that I was so eager to come and do that is because I really think that this topic is central to all of the other activism thats being discussed here this weekend.
The Surveillance State hovers over any attacks that meaningfully challenge state-appropriated power. It doesnt just hover over it. It impedes it, it deters it and kills it. Thats its intent. It does that by design.
And so, understanding what the Surveillance State, how it operates -- most importantly, figuring out how to challenge it and undermine it, and subvert it -- really is, I think, an absolute prerequisite to any sort of meaningful activism, to developing strategies and tactics for how to challenge state and corporate power.
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Glenn Greenwald: How America's Surveillance State Breeds Conformity and Fear (Original Post)
xchrom
Jul 2012
OP
An authoritarian state is sooo much easier to run, and the people apparently dont
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
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rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)1. An authoritarian state is sooo much easier to run, and the people apparently dont
give a crap.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)2. Good long read. Thanks xchrom!
stockholmer
(3,751 posts)3. K&R , thanks for posting vital knowledge
Mosaic
(1,451 posts)4. We do have a right to privacy
It would be nice to have an amendment that clearly states that. Roe vs. Wade famously made the right to privacy national knowledge. America must remain the land of the free. Any patriot would agree, and we should all work together to elect only lawmakers that respect our values.