Comments by "" (@HigherPlanes) on "NSA mass surveillance program | Andrew Bustamante and Lex Fridman" video.

  1. I think Andrew can be a little naive. If the government wants to badly enough, they'll find a way to prosecute someone. That's what lawyers are great at: finding loopholes...especially when it comes to free speech. You know what powerful people hate, a popular man. Now if you get someone who is very popular using free speech to speak out against a powerful figure, and he gets a following...they'll find a way to put him away...inciting a riot, defamation, whatever. Free speech is free to a point. We live in a dictatorship masquerading as a democracy. If you really want to understand how this country operates...everyone must read Plato's the Republic. The rules haven't changed since 400 B.C.
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