• SuperIce@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The Patriot Act gives the government practically unlimited permission to spy on all citizens. It was created and passed as a result of 9/11.

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        It was introduced on October 23rd 2001 in direct response to the 9/11 attack and signed into law on 26th.

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            I don’t doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.

            Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don’t want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens

            Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.

            Also, the fact it was labelled as the counter terrorism act. Not much call for a counter terrorism act of there isn’t much terrorism happening. No better way to say “we need this” than an actual terrorist attack happening.