This post is by Matt Stoller, originally posted at Tech President. Since 2000, the American political system has been rocked by the dot.com crash, 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, the financial collapse, the housing crash, bailouts, and now, Edward Snowden’s revelations of vast government surveillance that served as an unknown institutional … Continue reading The Surveillance State is About Power, by Matt Stoller