The arrest of Telgram’s CEO in France has coincided with my reading of Snowden’s “Permanent Record.” Below are a few key passages that I think are worth mentioning here.
Discussion
p206 - “In an authoritarian state, rights derive from the state and are granted to people. In a free state, rights derive from the people and are granted to the state.”
p207 - “In the latter, people are citizens, who agree to be governed in a covenant of consent that must be periodically renewed and is constitutionally revocable.”