Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance

Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by dimino on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @11:06AM (#9576796)

There's no way to notify your population of an action without also notifying your enemies of that action. No argument exists, to my knowledge, that a nation-state can be successful without hiding some information from other nation-states, and therefore from its people, given my first sentence.

It's one reason we elect representatives, in fact.

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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by jordigh on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @01:48PM (#9577917)

How about the nation state stops having secrets that are making enemies for itself?

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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by dimino on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @02:15PM (#9578099)

Considering there has never been a time in human history where a nation state has not had any opposition from other nation states, I suspect your suggestion is literally impossible.

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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by rorykoehler on Thursday May 21, 2015 @07:12AM (#9581929)

I guess what you are saying is that nation states are not a good governing structure for progress, into the future? Who are our enemies? The enemies of my country are not necessarily my personal enemies. In fact I quite like many people who come from 'enemy' territories. There is a disconnect between the reality I experience in my everyday life and the one put forward but my/our government/s.

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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by jordigh on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @02:36PM (#9578231)

Switzerland has been mostly without enemies for most of its existence.

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Re:Snowden Sees Some Victories, from a Distance by dimino on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @02:38PM (#9578244)

So about those swiss bank accounts, then...

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