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If you look at the mortality figures over the last century, it's clear state terrorism and democide are far greater threats to the individual than terrorism by
by CryptoPunk 8y ago
If you look at the mortality figures over the last century, it's clear state terrorism and democide are far greater threats to the individual than terrorism by non-state actors.
General lawlessness is also a major source of death, especially in less developed countries, but mitigating that only requires a functioning criminal justice system and a state with enough power to extend basic rule of law to all regions in the country. It has nothing to do with an over-abundance of privacy rights.
A mass-surveillance apparatus gives unprecedented powers to the centralized authorities, by massively reducing the cost of exerting control over the population. Unless one assumes that the state can never be corrupted, this is an inherently dangerous situation.