Posts tagged ‘DMV’
Why do people willingly line up at the Apple Store and hate waiting at DMV (beadledom in action)?
We choose not between Marx and Adam Smith but between the DMV and the Apple store.
Bonus video: David Mamet
Tags: Beadledom, David Mamet, DMV, Kevin Williamson, KV4b_yoVlIE, M-YiUD_SWIM, WTGJHl4xicA
You need not suspect the motives of those responsible for NSA surveillance to detest what they are doing. In fact, we may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest: Zealots are more likely to eschew restraints that might compromise their righteous cause.
For the sake of argument, we may assume that from President Obama on down, government officials sincerely believe that gathering Americans’ telephone and Internet data is vital to the people’s security. Does that make government spying okay?
No, it doesn’t.
Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us
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