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communism was the rights of the individual were
subservient to the needs of the State, as determined by the State.
i.e. the antithesis of constitutional democracy

Ironically, it was the United States that built
the ultimate Orwellian surveillance mechanism.

There was no public discussion about it.

And used sham laws: Executive Orders and Congressional legislation.

To create a secret agency and a secret sham court.


Used repeatedly to control lawful domestic political protest.

The Soviet Union and China we were told to fear.


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              Part 2: On Monitoring and Being Monitored
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                      o On Monitoring
                         - Driver's Seat
                         - Five Months Statistics
                         - The FBI Investigations
                         - I Can See What You Are Thinking
                         - Why I Monitor
                      o On Being Monitored


If you are an ordinary citizen, you may not notice the
INVISIBLE massive spy apparatus until it is too late.

As has already happened repeatedly: the government will use
this National Spying Apparatus to crush political protests,
and monitor the politically incorrect.

In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s... and the 1990s.


Question:

    Why argue against something that would catch crime?

Answer:

    ECHELON is so invasive we lose all privacy.
    It is infinitely abusable.
    It has been abused repeatedly.
    CALEA takes us into the abyss.


Would monitoring really turn up that many violations?
Meaning: is it really that effective a mechanism?



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