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Jerry McNerney: “Well, the French postmodernists in the 1930's--1930's and 1940's were sort of warning us that the government would be…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2022
Well, the French postmodernists in the 1930's--1930's and 1940's were sort of warning us that the government would be getting more and more information about us and being able to use that information to control our political decisionmaking as individuals.
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Jerry McNerney
Democratic · California

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McNerney references historical warnings about government surveillance and its impact on political decision-making.

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