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Re:Edward Snowden on The Joe Rogan Experience [video] by playeren on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:25AM (#21334930)
I would guess that people in general are fearful of reprecussions when the antagonists are 'better connected', 'higher ranked' or 'richer'. Often the scariest threats are those implied.
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Re:Edward Snowden on The Joe Rogan Experience [video] by fsagx on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:22PM (#21336175)
In a moment of accidental candor on Maddow's show, Senator Schumer lets you know who he thinks really runs DC...

"Let me tell you: You take on the intellegence community and they have six ways from Sunday of getting back at you."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QbADuhhu7w

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Re:Edward Snowden on The Joe Rogan Experience [video] by playeren on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:36PM (#21336322)
The possibility of a secret police state scares me more than any bombs or shootings ever could. It is absolutely an existential threat to freedom, because as part of its nature, it is able to quell dissent, and largely control the flow of information "in the name of freedom".

Hypothetically, of course.

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