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In reply to the discussion: Have the champions of the NSA/Obama, and the detractors of Snowden apologized yet? [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)The record speaks for itself, and the brazen, incessant drumbeat of propaganda denying reality only drives home how deeply sick and authoritarian things really have become around us.
The creepiness of the messaging is as disturbing as the spying itself and, I think, is waking people to how sick and dangerous our situation in this country has truly become.
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
2 + 2 = 5
Chained CPI is Superlative.
Drone murders are Legal, Ethical, and Wise.
Health Care is Affordable.
Edward Snowden is the Traitor.
G.H.W. Bush made the world a Kinder and Gentler Place.
Spying on the Public is in the Public Interest.
There is no spying on Americans.
We will rein in spying by legalizing it....Feinstein
All systems that turn authoritarian find those who are willing to sell their morality and human decency in order to shill for policies that exploit, imprison, impoverish, or murder human beings by the millions for the profit and power of a few.
Some may eventually find their conscience and regret their complicity. In general, though, I suspect that this line of work attracts those who rarely struggle with such internal voices in the first place.