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tetrep on June 29, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. bugged EU offices, computer networks

I believe it was more of a comment on why we shouldn't surprised rather than a justification of the actions.

lukifer on June 29, 2013 [–]

Those two end up amounting to the same thing, in practice. The learned helplessness of the populace is what allows abuse of power to persist.

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