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brentspeak

(18,290 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:16 PM Jun 2014

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So, who are the people who support the Privacy Invasion Industry?

Feel free to add the list:

1) Employees of the NSA, the only part of the government which actually listens to the people
2) Family members of those who work for the NSA
3) Contractors who have gigs with the NSA
4) Ditto all the above for the CIA and other cloak-and-dagger gov't agencies
5) establishment D.C. politicians, both Republican and Democratic

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So, who are the people who support the Privacy Invasion Industry? (Original Post) brentspeak Jun 2014 OP

fully inculcated ex military members reddread Jun 2014 #1

People who are very afraid and who have been manipulated by Government propaganda Maedhros Jun 2014 #2

HeHeHe. Rod Beauvex Jun 2014 #3

the president of the United States and congress nt msongs Jun 2014 #4

google, Facebook, ATT,... Leme Jun 2014 #5

People who buy computers, smart phones, and tablets Skidmore Jun 2014 #6

Those who were absolutely against Aerows Jun 2014 #7

reddread

(6,896 posts)

1. fully inculcated ex military members

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:20 PM

Jun 2014

or some subset thereof

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)

2. People who are very afraid and who have been manipulated by Government propaganda

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:49 PM

Jun 2014

into believing that blanket surveillance of U.S. citizens somehow protects them from the "terrorists."

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)

3. HeHeHe.

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:54 PM

Jun 2014

I snickered at number one.

msongs

(67,405 posts)

4. the president of the United States and congress nt

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:39 PM

Jun 2014

Leme

(1,092 posts)

5. google, Facebook, ATT,...

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:41 PM

Jun 2014

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

6. People who buy computers, smart phones, and tablets

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:45 PM

Jun 2014

and who don't seem to understand the relationship of the keyboard to the universe as they download the latest apps.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

7. Those who were absolutely against

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:47 PM

Jun 2014

the Privacy Invasion Industry until Jan. 20, 2009, when they suddenly became proponents of it.

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