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"good strong laws and privacy culture[1]"

"[1] The US has a strong culture of privacy, which is what makes PRISM so surprising for their citizens. (Not for many other people who were saying it's happening, and have been doing so for a while.)"

When will the public accept that "good strong laws and privacy culture" is not in the least a characteristic of the US, and hasn't been for the last 30 years?

The US is probably not a democracy anymore, and hasn't been for over 20 years, since Governments are elected by corporate interests (via campaign funding)



That's not the impression you get from people's reactions to PRISM (see "nothing to hide").




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