WHOAaaa ... HAVE WE ??? 25 June 2014 We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921 .... A healthy democracy demands transparency from its government and privacy for its citizenry. Only if we know what our government is up to can we exercise our responsibility as citizens to ratify or veto their actions at the ballot box. And only if we can be assured that our conversations are not being monitored by government officials will we have the space to develop our critical faculties, pursue intimate associations, try out new political ideas and flourish as human beings. However, too many government officials, even in democratic states, tend to favor secrecy for their own actions and transparency from the citizenry. READ > thenation/article/180416/weve-been-living-1984-1921
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:01:58 +0000
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