[brokenmachine]

"So, for me, it all comes down to state power against the peoples' ability to meaningfully oppose that power. And I'm sitting there, uh, every day getting paid to design methods to amplify that state power. And I'm realizing that if, you know, the policy switches that are the only things that restrain these states, were changed, there... you couldn't meaningfully oppose these. I mean you would have to be the most incredibly sophisticated, technical actor in existence. I mean, I'm not sure there's anybody, no matter how gifted you are, who could oppose all of the offices and all the bright people, even all the mediocre people out there with all of their tools and all their capabilities."

- Edward Snowden