10-10-2013, 09:20 AM
Economic advantage is certainly way 'up there' in the minds behind the electronic spying; but I hardly think it is the ONLY or even the most important objective. Knowing what everyone is doing, thinking, buying, selling, where they are, who they know, what they know, et al. gives those with this information control or potential control over the persons and the societies. That, along with economic advantages through spying and the ability to track and, if they want, compromise or capture anyone almost anywhere [I think you, perhaps, can still speak freely in Butan :
:] is the sum total of what they aim for......omnipotence - which is always corrupt and corrupting.
:] is the sum total of what they aim for......omnipotence - which is always corrupt and corrupting.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass