Here's What the Richest Man in the World Thinks About Snowden and NSA Survillance
Michael Kriger
INTRODUCTION
Bill Gates is no where near the richest man in the world, a piker in comparison to the factually richest. The richest people on the planet are not even known to the public, and for good reason, because to become public is to become vulnerable, and to give up all privacy, which the really super rich know never to allow, and teach their off-spring to follow suit as well. The key to keeping 7 billion people in lock-up, is to never let out who actually holds the key.
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Here’s What the Richest Man in the World Thinks About Snowden and NSA Surveillance
So Bill Gates recently gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine. The vast majority of the interview focused on his philanthropic efforts, with a particular focus on poverty and climate change. However, several questions were brought up on illegal NSA surveillance in general, and Edward Snowden in particular.
His answers reveal one of the biggest problems facing America today, which is the fact that the billionaire class as a whole does not question or rock the boat whatsoever. They criticize only when it is convenient or easy to do so, never putting themselves at risk for the sake of civil liberties and the Constitution.
In mosts cases, this is due to the fact that they themselves are the characters pulling the strings of the political class in Washington D.C. So when it comes down to it, their policies ultimately become our policies.
It is also important to note that Microsoft was a particularly eager participant in NSA spying from the very beginning. For example, according to the following PRISM slide provided by Edward Snowden, we see that Gates’ company was the first to become involved. In fact, they were participating a full six months before Yahoo!, while Apple didn’t join until a year after Steve Jobs died.