The Oath
Naturalization Ceremony, Campbell CA
Copyright ©2014 Dave Rahardja
Naturalization Ceremony
Heritage Theater, Campbell CA
Copyright ©2014 Dave Rahardja
Locust Songs Van
Cupertino, CA.
Copyright ©2014 Dave Rahardja
Salvation in Suburbia
Copyright ©2014 Dave Rahardja
Why Surveillance Is Not OK
“I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcomes of the sort of surveillance now being revealed in the US. People here talking about curfews aren’t realizing what that actually FEELS like. It isn’t about having to go inside, and the practicality of that. It’s about creating the feeling that everyone, everything is watching. A few points:
1) the purpose of this surveillance from the governments point of view is to control enemies of the state. Not terrorists. People who are coalescing around ideas that would destabilize the status quo. These could be religious ideas. These could be groups like anon who are too good with tech for the governments liking. It makes it very easy to know who these people are. It also makes it very simple to control these people.