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[–] [email protected] 106 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If what Trump is going to do with the surveillance powers is exactly what it was intended the president could do with them, is it really misuse?

In software engineering, we call this "works as designed."

Yes it sucks more that Trump specifically will weild them. But the real problem is that the office of the presidency has these powers. Not specifically which president had them.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think non-software people call this getting their face eaten by leopards.

Our "left"-centre government party here in Germany is still trying to pass the next version of a surveillance bill, which has been struck down multiple times for being unconstitutional over the years. All the while, it is getting more and more likely that we will have our own neo-nazis in power next year.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

wym neo, west germany never got rid of the og nazis in the first place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

It is amazing you don’t see it is all an act to pass and divide the blame

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I think a good approach to any type of government powers is considering that future presidents/parties you don't like will also have access to these powers.

I would absolutely love it if the threat of the future Trumps is a limiting factor on government overreach.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's always been the problem with surveillance, but these twats never seemed to realize it when they brought it up. How fucking stupid can you be before you just forget to breathe for an hour or two?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

twats never seemed to realize it when they brought it up

oh they realize, they just don't care

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

It'll never abused nor fall on the wrong hands. Never. And then it does and they act like nobody could foresee that happening. It's infuriating.

All the data collection going on, it'll backfire spectacularly eventually.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” ~~by Trump~~ by everyone

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago

the new surveillance power we currently have was abused by Bush Jr, Obama (who made it more invasive), Trump, Biden, and now Trump again.

Follow the constitution you fuckers! No more spying without a warrant!

[–] cyberpunk007 23 points 6 months ago

Not really a trump thing, as much as I despise the guy, the article says Biden pushed for this.

It's a bad bill and shouldn't be legal. The NSA already has so much power.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Properly worded headline: Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by us

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, let’s not pretend this isn’t absolutely a class issue. Snowden, Assange, and Manning happened under Obama. This is an “us” vs the “elites” Trump is just a convenient excuse for the next democrat to abuse these same powers and be like “well Trump was doing it”

Edit: if you don’t think the Biden administration isn’t doing the same thing right now to protect our precious “Healthcare” CEOs from another “getting even” attempt you are sadly mistaken

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This right here ppl. Read it and dont say u werent warned

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How did all these laws Trump can abuse on day one get on the books, I wonder? They should find the guys responsible for passing them in whatever organism they used to discuss them

[–] cyberpunk007 7 points 6 months ago

Exactly. Biden pushed for the bill.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The President has too much fscking power and civil liberty people have been shouting about it for more than 20 years now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But expanding executive power helps break legislative gridlock! It's not like Americans will ever elect an unhinged criminal lunatic to the Presidency.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Here is my shocked pikachu face. 😱

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Probably not by the Useful Idiot, but certainly by his puppeteers.