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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by yucky on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:36PM (#34394881) 

   > That's what he's saying. He's not saying that Big Government and Big Tech are separated, he's saying that Big Government and Big Tech ought to be separated.
Right, and I'm saying they can't be (as I said, two sides of the same coin).

I think this desire comes from a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of power. It's beyond wishful thinking.

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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:46PM (#34394949)
It’s trivial compared to religion.
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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by mistermann on Sunday January 15, 2023 @08:06PM (#34395533)
A faith-based belief, ironically.
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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by pessimizer on Sunday January 15, 2023 @08:12PM (#34395572)
Tech is magic. It's pretty much the same thing except that religion doesn't ever deliver whereas tech sometimes does.

Religion really needs government to be threatening, while tech can be threatening on its own.

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