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steve  ·  3403 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite interesting, cool, informative video?

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lelibertaire  ·  3403 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whoa. It's kinda weird that I now have voices to associate with user names.

I feel like any conversation about why the average person should care about surveillance should reference COINTELPRO and especially how it targeted MLK.

I find it important to relay to "average" citizens that, although their "average" lives may not be very interesting, there are plenty of people, like MLK before them, doing work for a better society, and their privacy is important to their goals.

This video goes into that a bit, but I think a real, historical example is pretty good for the argument as well.

steve  ·  3403 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It's kinda weird that I now have voices to associate with user names.

Tell me about it. I feel like I'm old friends with almost all of the contributors... after listening to them over and over as I edit. It's a strange, one-sided relationship I have with several members of this community. :-)