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21 - 9/11 and COVID: Pretexts for Government Control Enemy of the [Surveillance] State
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20 years ago, the terrorist attack now known as “9/11” served as a pretext for more and more government control and the expansion of the surveillance state. Today that pretext is known as COVID. Then, the enemy was “those people.” Today the enemy is “the unvaccinated.”
Starting next week, Enemy of the [surveillance] State will begin a series on de-Googling your life. Be sure to check it out.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Enemy of the [Surveillance] State is written, produced, and narrated by C. Mitchell Shaw and is listener supported — No ads. No compromise. If you are interested in supporting the show, check out https://www.patreon.com/EnemyOfSurveillance — or check out the affiliate links below. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated. It takes time, talent, and money to make a show like this. Please consider supporting.
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If you enjoy or benefit from this podcast, be sure to subscribe and please consider supporting Enemy of the [Surveillance] State by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/EnemyOfSurveillance, by using affiliate links for things you would have chosen anyway, or by picking up some cool merch at https://teespring.com/stores/eotss-merch
This show is a labor of love, but money helps keep it going and growing.
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The theme song was created by Michael Leavitt. If you want (or need) a piece of music that you own the rights to (for a wedding or anything else), check him out. He is the best and is a great guy, too. And he does not pay me to say that.
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20 years ago, the terrorist attack now known as “9/11” served as a pretext for more and more government control and the expansion of the surveillance state. Today that pretext is known as COVID. Then, the enemy was “those people.” Today the enemy is “the unvaccinated.”
Starting next week, Enemy of the [surveillance] State will begin a series on de-Googling your life. Be sure to check it out.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Enemy of the [Surveillance] State is written, produced, and narrated by C. Mitchell Shaw and is listener supported — No ads. No compromise. If you are interested in supporting the show, check out https://www.patreon.com/EnemyOfSurveillance — or check out the affiliate links below. Anything you can do is greatly appreciated. It takes time, talent, and money to make a show like this. Please consider supporting.
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Looking for either a great computer or phone that respects and protects your privacy? You will love Purism. I have had Todd Weaver from Purism on the show a couple times and he is the real deal. The company offers the Librem line of devices — from Librem laptops to the Librem Mini desktop to the Librem 5 phone. If you use this link (affiliate link), Enemy of the [Surveillance State will make a small profit on your purchase. https://shop.puri.sm/?wpam_id=48
For easy encrypted email, check out ProtonMail. Proton also offers a great VPN and other services — including ProtonCalendar and ProtonDrive (Use this affiliate link to sign up for any of those services if you want to help support this podcast) https://go.getproton.me/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=2167 ProtonMail and ProtonVPN have free and paid plans. I currently use the free email plan and the paid VPN plan. They are excellent!
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If you enjoy or benefit from this podcast, be sure to subscribe and please consider supporting Enemy of the [Surveillance] State by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/EnemyOfSurveillance, by using affiliate links for things you would have chosen anyway, or by picking up some cool merch at https://teespring.com/stores/eotss-merch
This show is a labor of love, but money helps keep it going and growing.
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The theme song was created by Michael Leavitt. If you want (or need) a piece of music that you own the rights to (for a wedding or anything else), check him out. He is the best and is a great guy, too. And he does not pay me to say that.
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