US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amendment Rights

Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by raxxorrax on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:34AM (#22138027)

While true, if the constitution is not fulfilled in the eyes of the citizens, it can just flush all those legal governmental proceedings down the toilet, including the whole body of government. Some even argue it to be their duty.

That is the basis of every democracy. Consent of the governed and all that.

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Re:US Department of Justice Argues Assange Has No First Amen... by ptero on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:06AM (#22138327)

<tin foil on> Supposedly democratic governments learned a few tricks on how they could manipulate the opinions of the governed to avoid being thrown out. Some fear works. Wars, too (that is, when at war people will cut their government extra slack), so they claim wars on {drugs,terrorism,...}.

They also leverage mass media. This is not a relationship of control, just symbiosis: fear is still pretty easy to sell. <tin foil off>

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