Well worth watching.
topic title: Glenn Greenwald on the surveillance state
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Anybody who knows about the way the UK and Dutch governments smashed up the pirate radio ship"Ross Revenge" realises how much"Freedom" we really have in Europe. How come Snowden and Greenwauld have only just woken up?
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A government, any government, is just the biggest gang on the block, and they are totally ruthless about holding onto power.
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These same governments send warships to stop pirates off Somalia. It's not piracy when a government raids a ship in international waters, but if you or I do it, we're criminals.By means of violence and force of numbers the Dutch took control of the ship and as chaos reigned, the disc jockeys relayed a blow by blow account of events to the astonished listeners. Then when the transmitters were silenced the Dutch stripped the ship of all broadcast equipment while the British attempted to interrogate the crew under threat of arrest.
A government, any government, is just the biggest gang on the block, and they are totally ruthless about holding onto power.