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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by mozumder on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:11PM (#13458867)
I get that but a lot of people are questioning any surveillance.
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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by wybiral on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:18PM (#13458903)
That's fair. But regarding this statement:

> Until you are your own king, you will always have to live under the permission of government.

My complaint is that a government should exist to facilitate the well being of its people. They should have to operate under the permission of us, not the other way around.

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Re:The US’s Stance on Surveillance Needs a Hard Reset by wildmusings on Monday January 23, 2017 @01:07PM (#13464280)
The US government does operate under the permission of the people. There have been candidates who are strongly opposed to the NSA's surveillance programs. They didn't win.

The election of Donald Trump should shatter any illusions that the political establishment has a stranglehold on power.

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