hmm...Maybe a magical silver bullet to take out all the morons in the world... Nope, soon there wouldn't be anyone left. Beam me up Scotty, there is no intelligent life here.
Just like all the most hated dictators of the past, increase the powers of the police, decrease civil liberty, and by the time the public figures out what's going on, it's too late. They no longer have the freedom to speak.
Personally, I like the presentation. The stories fill in the gaps left by traditional media and aren't generally slanted politically; much different than Fox News's "We (distort) report, you decide.” It’s nice to be able to read news about the idiocy of our worlds’ governments and corporations without feeling there is any agenda other than openness and transparency. Of course, the humor is always appreciated, probably not by the various and assorted trolls, but definitely by everyone else. I rarely comment, but when I do it is usually on something stupid some lawyer or “public (master) servant” has done. So, I read Techdirt for: current events/affairs information, economic information, copyright and patent(humor)news, and a viewpoint not slanted to support incumbents.
"I guess it's no surprise that the CIA would be institutionally against things like transparency and freedom of information." Strike the last two words please.
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