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BigIronBigIron 14 points ago +14 / -0

The Royal Crown intercepting and reading colonists' personal correspondence was one of the main justifications for the Revolutionary War. It wasn't just about a tea tax.

And yet here we are in 2020, vexed with CIA programs like The Hammer...

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shortermemory 2 points ago +2 / -0

TIL

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BigIronBigIron 2 points ago +2 / -0

Funny how they leave that out of the history curricula