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In reply to the discussion: Why the Ruling Class is So Upset About Edward Snowden [View all]N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,721 posts)27. They are afraid of the masses
We are better armed than ever before. We communicate on a grassroots level, quicker and more efficiently than ever before. We are using the monsters they created.
All it will take is a spark. What will it be?
A tree? Bus fares too high? An uncaring, lying government?
They are scared of the spark. No one knows what it'll be. But it will happen.
Maybe not today or tomorrow, next month or next year. But it will happen here.
He let the secrets out. Nothing that we didn't think about or thought we knew.
He just validated those thoughts. .
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There was an article linked from this site about WHY the NSA seeks surveillance over every person.
The Stranger
Jul 2013
#5
To the extent that we knew something was going on, this sums it up perfect :
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#21