Get the hell away from those lunatics. Who the hell wants to live in a USA with a TIA in it? Why would you want to invest in that country? The currency would crash. The political elite would annihilate one another.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sterling urges avoiding the Total Information Awareness (TIA) system, predicting economic collapse and elite infighting if implemented.
- In plain terms
- Avoid the US if it adopts TIA surveillance.
- What can you take from it?
- Surveillance systems can harm economies and politics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Would you invest in a surveilled nation?
- Is safety worth losing privacy?
Another view
The predicted crash may not occur if safeguards exist.
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