Friday, February 13, 2015

1. Privacy


The concept of privacy is relatively new to humanity. For a while, we all thought we knew what it was and that we were entitled to have it. That illusion was shattered when the government and big companies began to encroach upon our private lives, in the real world and online. They used a variety of excuses such as to fight terrorism, to improve products, to collect data, to "protect" us from ourselves. But anyone with half a brain, knows the real truth... What they REALLY want. What is it? Think, what are the two things weak minded, selfish people desire MOST? MONEY AND POWER. 

I personally believe that privacy is a HUMAN RIGHT, and it should be our absolute choice whether we want it shared or not. They say that if you don't have freedom, you don't have anything, I believe that is the same with privacy. But as with the case of most human rights now a days, it too is dying. How long do we have, before its totally gone? 

Despite what we think about privacy, it is a concept we must strive to hold on too. In our public and personal lives, it is our right to be able to be left alone. Some people are extroverts and some people are introverts, and there is nothing wrong with either. As long as nobody is getting hurt, we should have the human right to be able to have human contact and the absence of human contact. Last but not least, our PRIVATE information should be ours, not the governments, not the big corporations... BUT OURS ALONE. If you don't have privacy, you don't have anything.

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