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Remember the great 1964 film “Dr. Strangelove”? Do you remember the subtitle of the film? It was “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Well, I have a 2021 updated subtitle when it comes to the surveillance state: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Intel Community.” Spooks today are not feared, they are adored.
CrossTalking with Ray McGovern, Robert Patillo, and Daniel McAdams.
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To be fair, they were respected much more in the past
During the Cold War, the average citizen had a naive respect for spooks; they saw them as protectors from the Red Menace. This was true right up until the mid 1980s.
Jeebuzz, that was 35 years ago. Fuck, I'm getting old... Get off my lawn!!!
Good point about "what me
Good point about "what me worry?" [<-- with face of Trump instead of Alfred E. Neuman]
I always think of Jaron Lanier's quote about Facebook forms:
However, all good students of history will still see that this is not new: