Friday, October 09, 2015
Trilateral symmetry
Snowden's latest completely unsurprising "revelations" are SHOCKINGSHOCKINGSHOCKING to all lovers of In Di Vi Du Al Li Ber Ties.
The Smurf stuff is clinically interesting as a symptom of strange personalities, but the basic facts are 70 years old.
In analyzing this shockshockshock, we have to distinguish technically savvy people from ordinary non-tech people.
Non-tech types can't be blamed. They were unaware of NSA until Snowden started talking. They simply appreciated the fun of having a camera and microphone always available.
Tech types are different. They KNEW that NSA was always MONITORING EVERYTHING PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. Yet even now they're still shockedshockedshocked by Snowden's "revelation" that NSA is MONITORING EVERYTHING PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.
Must be a special case of Symmetrical Scapegoating. Having two political teams makes it possible to divide the people into opposite bleachers. If you took the letters off the team jerseys, you'd be unable to distinguish the teams by their actions. Both are running toward the same goal, both are committing the same crimes. But with the R and D letters showing, the R bleacher can blame the crimes on the D team, and the D bleacher can blame the crimes on the R team. Both bleachers are narrowly correct, because both teams are in fact committing the same crimes.
This case seems to involve a three-way symmetry. Both teams are playing for NSA, but nobody wears an NSA jersey. The GOOG bleacher cheers for the NSA team wearing the GOOG letters, and the AAPL bleacher cheers for the NSA team wearing AAPL. Both bleachers loudly boo NSA whenever it's mentioned. That's the one thing they agree on.
37 DAYS SINCE START OF FINAL PURGE.
Labels: defensible spaces
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