Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.
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People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.
People love to be told what they know already.
People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.
Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.
As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge.
People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.
Seems like everything people oughta know they just don't want to hear. I guess that's the big trouble with the world.
In an age when many of our citizens casually reveal information about themselves in social media wildly beyond anything imaginable only a decade ago, it would seem to be a useful exercise in civics to re-educate the public about the value and purpose of protecting against unwarranted government intrusion.
What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should be allowing?
More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.
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