"Since corporations are not required to be transparent about what they do, and governments act without transparency, there is no way to provide proof of exactly how these entities are joining forces against us and abusing their power."
I was reminded about a time years ago when I look…
"Since corporations are not required to be transparent about what they do, and governments act without transparency, there is no way to provide proof of exactly how these entities are joining forces against us and abusing their power."
I was reminded about a time years ago when I looked up the trend in requests for personal data from Google by the government -- to discover that the number of requests for personal data had been doubling every 4 years (19% annual growth rate). There are only two explanations:
--The world has 19% more terrorists in it each year, from any one year to the next
--The U.S. government is attempting to create a totalitarian police state
Yes, absolutely. The government is colluding with Big Tech to get around Constitutional constraints, and since there are no consequences for their actions, they are not even really hiding their overreach anymore.
Thanks for writing this, Glenn.
After I read this quote:
"Since corporations are not required to be transparent about what they do, and governments act without transparency, there is no way to provide proof of exactly how these entities are joining forces against us and abusing their power."
I was reminded about a time years ago when I looked up the trend in requests for personal data from Google by the government -- to discover that the number of requests for personal data had been doubling every 4 years (19% annual growth rate). There are only two explanations:
--The world has 19% more terrorists in it each year, from any one year to the next
--The U.S. government is attempting to create a totalitarian police state
Yes, absolutely. The government is colluding with Big Tech to get around Constitutional constraints, and since there are no consequences for their actions, they are not even really hiding their overreach anymore.