[cryptome] Re: Microsoft and the NSA
- From: Peter Presland <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:08:32 +0100
Oops. That should read:
to reverse the historic correlation between PSYCHOPATHY AND
the acquisition and retention/perpetuation of power
On 19/07/2013 13:58, Peter Presland wrote:
> On 19/07/2013 13:02, Gary Wallin wrote:
>> On 7/18/2013 7:59 PM, John Young wrote:
>>> ...its greatest enemy is its hyper-paranoia.
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>>> National security is not about protecting the nation, its aim
>>> is to generate fear of its inevitable failure.
>> John, perhaps you are too pessimistic.....
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> I think John has it pretty well nailed with that comment.
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> Agreed, 'human nature' is the core issue but.... here's the way I see
> it: unless ways can be found to reverse the historic correlation between
> the acquisition and retention/perpetuation of power, then humanity
> itself has no future other than existence in variations on the dystopian
> visions of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley - and I see precious little
> sign of progress towards such an existence being halted, let alone
> reversed - quite the opposite in fact.
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