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We should not be comfortable or content in a society where the only way to remain free of surveillance and repression is if we make ourselves as unthreatning, passive, and compliant as possible.

Glenn Greenwald

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Glenn Greenwald
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 6
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