Comment on Obama defends surveillance effort as 'trade-off' for securityparentComments−PavlovsCat13yBeing primarily concerned with something else doesn't constitute agreement.−untog13yTrue, but I think the point still stands. The nature of government means that we don't like everything they do, we just protest the things that matter most. If this doesn't matter, it'll be allowed, and will be forgotten.−anigbrowl13yCertainly not, but as a practical matter apathy in politics amounts to passive consent.
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Being primarily concerned with something else doesn't constitute agreement.
True, but I think the point still stands. The nature of government means that we don't like everything they do, we just protest the things that matter most. If this doesn't matter, it'll be allowed, and will be forgotten.
Certainly not, but as a practical matter apathy in politics amounts to passive consent.