I don't know that there is ONE big problem. I can see several. The one I find particularly fascinating (and disturbing) is how the existence of an institutional infrastructure for repression creates a set of incentives and constituencies that are independent of any overt will to dominate. The profitability and growth of contractors like Booz Allen Hamilton depend in the long run on some sort of "metric of success." So if they ever run out of one kind of "terrorist," they'll just have to find a substitute. And they will.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:16 PM, michael perelman < [email protected]> wrote: > The big problem with NSA might be that it can operate like J. Edgar > Hoover's secret files. As in, "support xxx" or I will reveal xxx. > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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