On NBC's 'The Player,' a Millenial Hipster Geek Thinks the U.S. is a Stasi-Like State

Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. Love, love, LOVE when people born in the mid-90’s liken modern day America to now defunct police states like East Germany. I find that the deep, personal, knowledge and insight that they bring about countries that ceased to exist years before they began to exist never fails to spark both awe and wonder. Such was the case on NBC’s The Player Thursday night, in an episode titled “House Rules,” as Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) aka “The Player,” was tasked with rescuing this millennial whiz kid who had succeeded in hacking the NSA and thus had made himself a marked man. All was going well, for both “Player” and computer geek. Until, the geek delves into his thoughts on the Patriot Act.