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Re:Patriot Act author warns EU against dragnet response to t... by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 04, 2015 @11:46AM (#10677336)
> When the end goal of significant numbers is despotism, collectivism, or hegemonic religious rule, those very freedoms become exploitable weaknesses

Few people hold "despotism, collectivism, or hegemonic religious rule" as end games. Instead, freedom is traded for safety and stability for one's way of life.

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Re:Patriot Act author warns EU against dragnet response to t... by crusso on Friday December 04, 2015 @11:37PM (#10680893)
You could likewise say that no one holds "freedom" as an endgame, but instead they want things and sexual partners. Freedom is just shorthand for these and many other once-removed concepts.

There very much are people who want hegemonic religious rule as an end game. They spend a lot of time professing that desire and working toward it.

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