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Government powers can only go up, never down. One possible exception is when government is in total decay, but that's only temporary state before it gets replac
by mamon 10y ago
Government powers can only go up, never down. One possible exception is when government is in total decay, but that's only temporary state before it gets replaced by other strong government (through revolution or external conquest)
- hx87 10y agoGovernment /reach/ tends to go up, but government /repressiveness/ tends to go down. The trend is towards a state that is everyone but coerces little.
- pmoriarty 10y ago"Government powers can only go up, never down." That's not really true. There were significant curtailments of US government power after scandals like Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, the revelations of MK ULTRA, and all the spying that was done on journalists, civil rights leaders, etc. Of course, now there's been a backlash in the other direction, and it will probably get a lot worse before it will get better. But history has shown that it can get better. Also, see the history of the Stasi in East Germany and Stalin in the USSR.