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It's less democracy and more rule of law what is sacrificed, imho. Which is way more important.
by chopin 8y ago
It's less democracy and more rule of law what is sacrificed, imho. Which is way more important.
- Vinnl 8y agoIf organisations critical of the government are prevented from doing their work, voters will be less informed, and democracy takes a hit.
- raxxorrax 8y agoYou either have a democratic legitimacy or you rule by power. If you have power to rule, you have power to change legislation at will. So it becomes rather meaningless. So, if you refer to western democracies, the one necessitates the other anyway. And in this case, surveillance as part of the executive branch of a government can have a severe and chilling penalty to any form of democratic decision-making process.