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> Wouldn't just having a second key which the government keeps in escrow Imagine being an outspoken left-wing blogger in America that votes for this. Imagine t
by missosoup 7y ago
> Wouldn't just having a second key which the government keeps in escrow
Imagine being an outspoken left-wing blogger in America that votes for this. Imagine then Trump gets elected and 'the government' is now an entity that actively breaks established laws and targets outspoken critics.
Imagine someone even worse than Trump is elected after that.
Imagine the key is leaked.
Imagine China makes a trade with your government for your key.
There is no taking back that key now, whoever becomes 'the government' at any point in the future has it.
- turk73 7y agoI really don't appreciate how you accuse the Trump Admin of doing something that only Democrats have been caught doing. It's like you can't think or something. Who used the IRS to target conservatives? Who ran guns to Mexico in order to create a reason for more gun control laws? Who is using the FBI to subvert the 2016 election? Who indeed.
- redler 7y agoThe fact that governments change, sometimes radically, is an important point in arguing against escrow. For example, in the current supreme court case R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC, the case was brought under the Obama administration BY THE EOC ITSELF, arguing for the plaintiff. Then Trump was elected, and the Department of Justice switched sides -- they now argue against the government's own original case.