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Among other things, one would certainly have to exclude any country which engages in the mass collection and permanent storage of all of its citizens' communica
by AndrewBissell 7y ago
Among other things, one would certainly have to exclude any country which engages in the mass collection and permanent storage of all of its citizens' communications.
- duxup 7y agoWhat if the population was ok with that / didn't care?
- naniwaduni 7y agoThey would be wrong.
- duxup 7y agoThat's the risk of democracy. The alternatives have proven to involve a great deal less freedom.
- mhluongo 7y agoThe whole population? Freedom is freedom for minority rights and opinions to not be quashed by the majority. Thus the term "the tyranny of the majority" A majority can "not care" about systematic racial injustice and other inequities. The consent of the majority doesn't make the system "free".
- JoeSamoa 7y agoThen I'd ask those same people to hand over their credentials to all their accounts since their data, privacy, and property, seem to matter little to them.
- jgon 7y agoI guess China is a shining beacon of freedom for it's people too then.
- AndrewBissell 7y agoYou could post this exact same question about operating concentration camps.