In this hodgepodge episode Nathan and Tenzan discuss (1) Ronan Farrow's latest article in The New Yorker, "How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens," and the invasive 'Pegasus' spyware that is now used by governments around the world; (2) the cinematic renditions of George Orwell's 1984; and (3) Oliver Stone's SNOWDEN (2016). Bringing all this together in a general discussion about the dangers of modern spyware and surveillance Capitalism, we consider how modern governments lean in a fascist direction when they impose a state of exception upon individual liberty.
In this hodgepodge episode Nathan and Tenzan discuss (1) Ronan Farrow's latest article in The New Yorker, "How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens," and the invasive 'Pegasus' spyware that is now used by governments around the world; (2) the cinematic renditions of George Orwell's 1984; and (3) Oliver Stone's SNOWDEN (2016). Bringing all this together in a general discussion about the dangers of modern spyware and surveillance Capitalism, we consider how modern governments lean in a fascist direction when they impose a state of exception upon individual liberty.