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Wouldn't that make WWII a worse time in history then?
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You can consider "recent history" as living memory say 75 to 100 years. That period also coincides with the mass collection of personal data by the previously mentioned states. In that period, there has no doubt been more devastation than in any other period in human history
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True, I agree that climate change is a huge issue that could very well lead to famine and war. It hasn't yet, but the danger is very real.
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It already is, despite what denialists bleat... and you aint seen nothin yet!
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And yet we still vote for them. There is nothing stopping us from voting for someone else. I wish more of us did. A grass roots party that wasnt dependent upon support from business or unions would be a good thing, IMO
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The political game is a monopoly of two at the moment. Grass roots parties don't stand a chance. You listen to the way anyone who tries to stand up for the most fundamental issue, (a livable planet), is treated by the "parties", media and big business and you'll see why democracy is effectively dead. Stupid people should have no right to vote but governments can't handle the idea of a thinking populace. After all, They might be held accountable...
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Protest is about showing support for a cause. With large numbers of people a little disruption is inevitable, but most protests these days seem to aim solely for disruption as an outcome, which is different. People have a right to speak their minds, just as everyone else has a right to go about their business.
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And when going about your business poses a threat to the habitability of the planet, protesting gets you arrested and imprisoned, despite showing support for probably the ultimate cause...
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I can't think of anything on this census that they don't already know, or couldn't find out if they wanted to. We live in a post-privacy era.
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The "post privacy era" has come about because people dont stand up a scream blue bloody murder en-mass.
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I resent having to fill out forms, when if they wanted money, you bet they'd know who I was and where I live. I just wish it was all centralised. They have all the information anyway.
-Markus
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Then why do it??? The consensus among experts is that the ABS has no right, legal, moral or ethical, to do what they are doing... So why are you giving them what they want?
