Lessons On Freedom (From The Mouths of Brazilians...)
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff had some very strong words about the United States' international spying operations today while addressing the U.N. General Assembly. After Edward Snowden's release of classified documents revealed the depth of America's online espionage and data collecting operations, Brazilian government and citizenry have been in an uproar. Understandably so. Dilma's words reach far beyond the borders of Brazil, however, and should echo in the heart of any American, or lover of liberty.
“Without the right of privacy, there is no real freedom of speech or freedom of opinion, and so there is no actual democracy,” Rousseff said. And “without respect for [a nation’s] sovereignty, there is no basis for proper relations among nations.”
Couldn't have said it better myself. This harkens back to the many times I have wrung my hands and screamed to the heavens about Americans sacrificing liberty and privacy for a thin veil of security that is far more conceptual than it is actual. If we have no privacy, we have no privacy to thought and without the intellectual liberty to form our own opinions in a government-less vacuum, we have already acquiesced to the powers that would seek to control us.I have already written about the government rescinding its own law prohibiting government-created propaganda, opening the floodgates for subversive measures to influence the public. Combine that with data mining and domestic spying and you have a power that knows what you are reading, liking, disliking and thinking with the ability to provide propaganda to change and influence your thought processes without you being aware of its origin. It's a terrifying thought.On another note, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Dilma wants the U.N. to control cyberspace, to which I respond resoundingly, HELL NO.
America’s spying efforts pose a threat to democracy throughout the world, Rousseff said, as she proposed U.N. regulation of cyberspace to ensure the integrity of the Internet.
Certainly sounds like something that would find a home in the ridiculously horrible Agenda 21 plan (previously article on that topic here).Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon!
