I would rather be without a state than without a voice. Edward Snowden More Quotes by Edward Snowden More Quotes From Edward Snowden We have these traditional political parties that are less and less responsive to the needs of ordinary people, so people are in search of their own values. Edward Snowden political party people The authoritarian one believed that an individual's rights were basically provided by governments and were determined by states. The other society - ours - tended to believe that a large portion of our rights were inherent and couldn't be abrogated by governments, even if this seemed necessary. Edward Snowden government rights believe Are our competitors - for example, China, which is a deeply authoritarian nation - becoming more authoritarian or more liberal over time? Edward Snowden china becoming example Has the center of gravity shifted such that all governments have greater powers and fewer restrictions than they ever had, and are empowered by technology in a way that no government ever was in the past? Edward Snowden technology government past [I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes in place of constitutional amendments to diminish our liberty. Edward Snowden government real games There is more action in some other countries. In Germany, they've called for a very serious inquiry that's discovering more and more. They've just discovered a significant violation of the German Constitution that had been concealed from the Parliament. Edward Snowden germany serious country In the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals. Edward Snowden surveillance issues united-states I don't spend all day running hand-on-hat from shadowy figures - I'm in exile. Edward Snowden hats running hands We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas. Edward Snowden warfare doe ideas A given order may at any given time fail to represent those values, even work against those values. I think that's the dynamic we're seeing today. Edward Snowden may order thinking When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one way only. Edward Snowden mean people world People would publish their websites; other people would read them. But there was no real back and forth other than through e-mail. Web 2.0 was what they called the collaborative web - Facebook, Twitter, the social media. Edward Snowden media real people When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look at international law to see the failings in them. Edward Snowden government law looks [Sovereignty] would break the American monopoly, but it would also break Internet business, because you'd have to have a data center in every country. And data centers are tremendously expensive, a big capital investment. Edward Snowden internet-business data country Microsoft is in a court battle with the Department of Justice. The DOJ is saying, "We want information from your data center in Ireland. It's not about a US citizen, but we want it." Microsoft said, "OK, fine. Go to a judge in Ireland. Ask them for a warrant. We have a mutual legal-assistance treaty. They'll do it. Give that to us, and we'll provide the information to you in accordance with Irish laws." Edward Snowden data law giving Where are we going to reject that easy but flawed process of letting the intelligence services do whatever they want? It's inevitable that it will happen. I think it's going to be where Internet businesses go. Edward Snowden intelligence-services want thinking If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest, we're not actually improving anything. We're not changing anything. Edward Snowden interest states acting If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience. Edward Snowden direct-action party government On the other hand, the Internet is there to fill needs that people have for information and socialization. We get this sort of identification thing going on nowadays because it's a very fractious time. We live in a time of troubles. Edward Snowden hands people needs I think we're going to see a move away from that, because young people - digital natives who spend their life on the Internet - get saturated. It's like a fashion trend, and becomes a sign of a lack of sophistication. Edward Snowden fashion moving thinking
