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> In Fascism the Government is owned by (some of) the corporations. No, in Fascism the government owns the corporations and uses them to control society.
Not according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism#General_c... > "the State pays for the blunders of private enterprise... Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social."
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On #2, no it doesn't. Not for US citizens. Well, it DOES in practice, but not in terms of our constitutional rights, imho.
You're right that US citizens still have rights when dealing with the government wherever we might be. However, the 4th amendment protects US citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. But crossing the border gives the gov't a reason to search...
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TrueCrypt hidden volumes are one solution: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=hidden-volume
No they're not for any kind of border or government interaction... everyone really must stop perpetuating this. It's a federal crime to lie to a border agent or government agent, and the EFF specifically says not to do this - see comment above. Hidden volumes are fine for other uses and perhaps in other jurisdictions but will land you in hot water in the US/US Border.
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Not according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism#General_c... > "the State pays for the blunders of private enterprise... Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social."
That doesn't support your position.
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Sure. 1) You go to 2 wars with the dumbest of excuses by the dumbest of presidents in order for some mega-corps in the industrial-military complex to profit. -- said president probably got elected due to electoral fraud in the first place, anyway-- 2) You have para-police security personnel do naked scans of you and cup your genitals in airpots. 3) You have laws that invalidate due process, like the Patriot Act. 4) Y…
> How is this head-in-the-sand thing working for you? And so you resort to ad-hominem and downvoting instead of argument.
Second, I resort to ad-hominen? Really? Because, besides the "head in the sand" comment, my reply included SIX (count 'em!), numbered, counter arguments. It boggles the mind how one can manage to miss them.
And all those six (count 'em) arguments, in order to reply to your sans-argument ad-hominen that it's all "only in [my] mind. There is no evidence of this outside [my] head".
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> Using any non opensource software is so scary that I wonder why would anyone pay and take the risk. In Romania, businesses must fill each month online statements, but such fillings can only be done with Microsoft Internet Explorer, and there's no option to fill them in person. So you're forced to use non opensource software.
I know you may be aware of this already and could have tried it, but in case not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-view-lite/ It's a firefox plugin that can run iexplorer through wine under linux.
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I know you may be aware of this already and could have tried it, but in case not: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-view-lite/ It's a firefox plugin that can run iexplorer through wine under linux.
iexplorer is not open source.
E. g. the EULA for IE6 states:
"NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT" (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000, MICROSOFT MILLENNIUM EDITION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, OR ANY OTHER MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING OPERATING SYSTEMS) YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY, OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA."