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5,000 Years of History Shows that Mass Spying is Always Aimed at Crushing Dissent

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5,000 Years of History Shows that Mass Spying is Always Aimed at Crushing Dissent | Global Research
Spying has been around since the dawn of civilization. Keith Laidler -- a PhD anthropologist, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a past member of the Scientific Exploration Society -- explains:

Spying and surveillance are at least as old as civilization itself.

University of Tennessee history professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius agrees:

Espionage and intelligence have been around since human beings first began organizing themselves into distinct societies, cities, states, nations, and civilizations.

Unfortunately, spying hasn't been limited to defense against external enemies. As documented below, tyrants have long spied on their own people in order to maintain power and control " and crush dissent.
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