Are these people retarded? Did they forget Edward Snowden?
We are already there
turning into? its been for a decade or more.
“Turning”?! “into”?!
ig neither the glowies, nor Snowden, nor Manning exist
Uh you mean since like, 2001?
And by US, the author means the world.
Here’s a 20 year old album about it (it’s really cool that my favorite band is called ISIS. It’s neat how they broke up in 2010 but I still can only wear the merch at home)
Panopticon is fucking brilliant…hands down my Favorite ISIS album.
wait US is putting surveillance on techno producers?
Is there a word for when the media is constantly like 3+ years behind with “warnings” like this? I mean Jesus Christ, turning into?
Better that they cover it than not. And the recent ramp up is worth reporting on, it’s a new level of weaponization compared to previous administrations.
I’m sure German could do a compound of “spät erkennen” or similar for a late realisation.
20+ years behind
True… Though things have accelerated at an alarming pace over the past few years
There’s a pokemon for it.
“turning”? 🤣🤣
You Yankees really do live in a bubble.
what happened here
Somehow that was removed for Rule 3, I don’t see how.
You know, it’s funny, the only time I read someone referring to Americans as Yankees is when it’s a post-Soviet bloc troll. Such a red flag to me.
nice xenophobic take, yanqui. mb you should go home? :p (meant as a reference and not personal attack)
That sounds like the lazy thinking of a yank. With love from post-Soviet bloc, Canada. Cry us all a river about “bigotry against Americans” 🤡
When America sneezes, the world catches a cold. We can fight this together or troll each other into extinction. I find your tone horrendous for a Canadian, one without any proof. More likely a Russian troll.
That kind of irrational logic will no doubt serve you well. Enjoy your future!
I am fighting for your future and freedom as well whether you realize it or not.
You know nothing about me. You wouldn’t be saying this if you got to know me.
Read the edit.
Definitely not a “all criticism of the US is literal soviet propaganda” coping mechanism
They’re coming for you after they ruin what’s left of the US. We either fight together and quit trolling me simply because I’m American or we die divided. The vitriol for me personally is unwarranted.
Read the edit.
[David Attenborough voice] Here we see the Yankee attempt to protect their bubble by claiming that anything which contradicts their perceived reality is the result of some dangerous foreigner.
However, while the Yankee does their best to isolate themselves from the perceived dangers outside, they are completely unaware that this paranoia is just one of the symptoms of the parasite that has begun to lodge itself deep within their brain. Without immediate assistance the Yankee will likely develop increasingly fascist tendencies before perishing in a rather gruesome manner as the Yankee colony self destructs.
You joke, but they’re coming for you next. Just watch. Today you’ve lost an ally in fighting what’s going on.
Let me know when the “post-soviet bloc” builds a milary base on my continent like the Yankees do and then we’ll talk.
Read the edit.
Delululemon.
it’s already a surveillance state and both the red and blue party are complicit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures
Uh, do the kids these days really not know about the post-9/11 Patriot Act?
Well Obama ‘fixed’ it.
Made it even more draconian but called it the Freedom Act.
Shit like that works every time.
God I miss the pre-9/11 US, when the worst thing happening was bad jokes on SNL about Bill Clinton and cigars.
We sent all our manufacturing capabilities to China.
Now read some books and see how much Bill Clinton is directly to blame for most awful shit we’re dealing with today, and while you shouldn’t come to justify 9-11, you’ll understand its motivation correctly.
Bill Clinton and neo-libs like him is why we go right instead of left as a society.
Maybe not the best example.
At that time this sleezebag (and others with power) got away with a lot of sexual misconduct.
And in his case probably rapes.
Minimising it as him being some naughthy schoolboy and making jokes about is not really something I miss.I don’t want to downplay sexual misconduct, but the issues we are facing right now are orders of magnitude higher.
You will never find a perfect point it time where life is good for and harmonious everyone. The 90s had their problems, for sure, but the USA wasn’t tearing itself apart, or bringing in and welcoming in a new wave of fascism.
I know that wasn’t your intention, mentioned it bcs it just sounded weird and and unfortunate choice.
" USA tearing itself apart" is the best thing that could happen to the world.
I feel sorry for the handful of non-uniparty voters that have to suffer but as a European this feels like your country is getting a taste of its own medicine.I’m not the OP, or an American, but yes I think a lot of the world is looking at them and feeling that they’re getting their comeuppance.
The problem is that America is truly too big to fail. Not that they can’t fail, but they will drag the world down with them if they do. Global trade and global security is anchored to them, so while I want to see them slapped back to reality, I don’t think we can afford for them to devolve into civil war.
Where are all the “nothing to hide” people now.
Probably realizing that Democrats can now trace who bought MAGA hats and they too have guns.
kinda been that way since 2001
Since a bit earlier or so I’ve read.
How hard did Musk press his fingers on his other hand? Or does his blood not flow that hard?
“Turning into” lol. The USA and all their partner countries like the ones in the 5 Eyes program have all been mass techno-surveillance states for decades.
The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens, but they can freely share data.
Isn’t there an obvious loophole here.
It’s almost like it was by design.
They also just spy on their own citizens anyway, because who is going to stop them?
The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens
I mean, they do it anyways.
Shhhh… Don’t make it even more obvious. The fig leaf covering it is already so flaccid, that it might instantaneously turn into dust at the slightest disturbance.
