Yea, this is a troubling one. I brought up my original post as a thought experiment and I think some arguments presented were better than others. Governments a

Yea, this is a troubling one. I brought up my original post as a thought experiment and I think some arguments presented were better than others. Governments are fallible just like human beings. I suppose in some sense it is arrogant to believe the US will always remain a democracy and certainly other countries have much more tumultuous histories. I still like the idea of a totally open and transparent society but without something totally incorruptible and unbiased taking the role of government it does not seem practical.