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The true measure of a society´s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats its good loyalists. We shouldn´t have to be faithful loyalists of the powerful to be free from state surveillance.
The true measure of a society´s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats its good loyalists. We shouldn´t have to be faithful loyalists of the powerful to be free from state surveillance.
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- Glenn Greenwald
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Glenn Greenwald: documented birth year 1967; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5568842, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5568842 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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