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Is the U.S. a Police State?
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Let’s look at evidence:
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It's not like that corporations have historically been bedfellows with the American Government. Never heard of PRISM myself. It's also not like local and state officials can ask for the recordings to be handed over to them.
Corporations watching the public is not better than when governments do it. Personally I like my right to exist without people constantly watching me, and I don't act like it's better if the people watching me wave a country's flag or a corprate logo.
I'm not saying you should waive your right to privacy. I'm right there with you. I just want to make sure we fight this bullshit with facts and not clickbait. There is plenty of reason to fight surveillance without resorting to inflating the truth.