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US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all (www.theregister.com)

submitted 4 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In our currently reality this really isn't a distinction

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 4 months ago

I can see where you're coming from. Imo, it is very much different things. The government is a bunch of people who were elected by people. They were coerced and influences before so I'm not saying fair elections. The rich are mostly people who inherited money and exploited a bunch of people to get more money, over generations.

Imo, there is a biiiig distinction. The former are incompetent at best and malicious at worst. The latter are a problem by definition and on top are malicious at best and actively cruel at worst.