https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/26/our-privacy-is-history-god-help-us/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:31:56 -0400<![CDATA[The truth is we have created a police state in which we are both the persecutors and the victims. The most modern of technologies has ushered in the end of the modern era by destroying privacy and returning us to a primitive age of odium. Urban mobility and immigrant aspirations depended on a high degree of anonymity that allowed people to restart and self-invent, to leave behind the burdens of class, sect, and inherited identity. Now, even family sins are back in vogue. The media routinely hounds relatives of scandal subjects. This is what police states do. With the Internet, future generations will curse their family luck.]]>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:47:35 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/26/our-privacy-is-history-god-help-us-n280483