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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: NSA employees routinely pass around intercepted nude photos [View all]PosterChild
(1,307 posts)... a "consensus". I'm sure there are tens of millions who agree with you. As there are many millions that disagree with you, But, as you yourself note, me, you, them and us are all "this nation too", and "this nation" which you admit to being a part of, is hardly a vaporous abstraction.
As far as abstractions are concerned, there isn't a much better example than the idea of a "citizen of this world". Such a thing, very literally, does not exist, cannot exist under current conditions and will never exist in any real sense until and unless there emerges a true world government. And while there are some peaceful attempts in that direction, such as the EU, there probably will not be such an institution in the absence of a significant world power that maintains the capacity to destroy the world many time over and has the will to use that power towards the goal of international unification under a world rule of law.
So if you genuinely want to become a true "citizen of the world" under an effective international rule of justice, you might want to reconsider your stance against the national security state. Who wills the end wills the means.
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