Reply to post: Some perspective

US told to quit sharing data with human rights-violating surveillance regime. Which one, you ask? That'd be the UK

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Some perspective

First, both the US's and UK's governments are guilty of egregious privacy violations, and both should shut the fuck up when it comes to pointing fingers.

Second, never confuse the people of a country with the shit stains running their government. Most people are, on average, at least reasonably decent. Most politicians are sociopathic assholes.

Third, after the politicians comes the bureaucracy (or "deep state" or whatever you want to call it). The bureaucracy's first and foremost priority (far beyond all others, to the extent that if anything else happens it's almost accidental by comparison) is the protection and expansion of the bureaucracy.

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