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		notlukesky on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Larry Page Missing as Google Founder Faces Jeffrey... Due process and “human rights” do not apply when the government has resolve or perceives the transgression to be beyond the pale. The law or constitution does not matter then as well. Just ask Eugene Debs. Or see Julian Assange. Or Korematsu. Or Joseph Nacchio who refused to violate the law and do illegal surveillance on US citizens for the government without a court order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debs_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

riku_iki on May 15, 2023 [–]

> Eugene Debs. Or see Julian Assange. Or Korematsu. Or Joseph Nacchio

they didn't have billions to hire army of lawyers and make huge noise in media. Larry Page has those billions, so law and constitution actually protects him.

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