Ted Rall for October 27, 2014
Transcript:
Woman: You wanna use your phone to pay for that? Man: Why would I want to do that? Cash is anonymous. Yet, for zero incentive- a discount- phone payments allow giant corporations to track my every digital move. Government, too. Aside from the privacy problems, it abstracts expenses, making it easier for me to buy stuff I don't need at higher prices. Woman: It makes a sound engineered to release a squirt of dopamine in your frontal cortex. Man: Well in that case...
So-called ‘conservatives’ are incensed, just incensed about government spying.
And they are perfectly comfortable with giant multinational (patriotic) corporations spying on citizens and sharing information with each other.
But, of course, It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It.