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isn't just for republicans anymore. obama used the espionage act to prosecute more american citizens than any president in the history of the country. because they were whistleblowers exposing his monstrous_hypocrisy
'the state's ability, through comprehensive surveillance, to prevent outside inquiry into the exercise of power engenders a terrifying intellectual and moral sclerosis within the ruling elite. abusrd notions - such as implanting 'democracy' in baghdad by force in order to spread it across the region, or terrorizing radical islam into submission - are no longer checked by reality, experience, or factually grounded debate. data and facts that do not fit into the whimsical theories of our political elites, generals, and intelligence chiefs are ignored and hidden from the public view. the citizenry cannot take self-corrective measures because it is denied factual information. and when the unchallenged elites soon come to believe their own lies, the state descends into dysfunction, terror, and burlesque.' - chris hedges
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