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I agree with this in principle, but in the US the intelligence/police don't really seem to be accountable to the people. They regularly conduct surveillance on
by zaptheimpaler 8y ago
I agree with this in principle, but in the US the intelligence/police don't really seem to be accountable to the people.
They regularly conduct surveillance on huge scales and no one even knows about it until we get lucky with a leak like Snowden. Who knows how many dozens of other secrets like that they still have. The CIA/FBI etc. have a history of doing this kind of thing for decades, at least since WW2. Then it gets declassified 50 years later when no one cares.
Surveillance is a case where its good for the government, but bad for the people the government is meant to represent. Bottom line is they will never police themselves on this issue. So going after the people making it like Amazon may be a better idea.
- manigandham 8y agoThe intelligence and police apparatus are the people. They are not some alien overlords, you can meet these employees and see what they do, and alter their course of actions by shaping the government through direct voting. Trying to change it via corporate proxy is not going to really work.