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minnix ( minnix@lemux.minnix.dev )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all

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US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all

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minnix ( minnix@lemux.minnix.dev )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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    People need to stop thinking about Republicans vs. Democrats and starting think in terms of people vs. the government. We might be able to make positive change if we united.

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      *People vs the rich. There, fify.

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        In our currently reality this really isn’t a distinction

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          I can see where you’re coming from. Imo, it is very much different things. The government is a bunch of people who were elected by people. They were coerced and influences before so I’m not saying fair elections. The rich are mostly people who inherited money and exploited a bunch of people to get more money, over generations.

          Imo, there is a biiiig distinction. The former are incompetent at best and malicious at worst. The latter are a problem by definition and on top are malicious at best and actively cruel at worst.

    • hackerwacker ( hackerwacker@lemmy.ml ) 
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      No, the government is huge, and most parts of it really don’t care about your data. They’re busy buildings roads, sewers and doing fundamental research. It’s really people vs the national security state.

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      Its not the government that’s the problem. It is unchecked power and tyranny.

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        I think this is a chicken and egg situation, the more government the more it will morph into something bad for a portion of the people.

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          As it turns out you need a strong government with today’s world. You can’t get away with a small isolated country town like you could back when the US was starting out.

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            How do you know? How many good and bad wars has the US been involved in the last 100 years?

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      It’s actually people vs. corporations vs. the government, and the corporations keep bribing the refs

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      Unfortunately the fascists were the ones that tried to overthrow the government

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