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This is just backwards. People in power should always have to justify their actions to us. Always. They should always be questioned. This (in theory) is how w
by toofy 6y ago
This is just backwards.
People in power should always have to justify their actions to us. Always. They should always be questioned. This (in theory) is how we ensure their power isn’t abused.
We should have privacy while they do not. A lack of privacy should be a cost to the power they’re entrusted with.
If it’s legal for them to sift through our lives while they refuse to be questioned, and they act insulted that we dare question their actions, we have gone off the rails.
- RonanTheGrey 6y ago"People should not be afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people." 100% agree that the tradeoff of power should be a loss of privacy.
- toofy 6y agoIt’s important to stress: They should happily answer with accurate and honest data when asked. We have hit a wall where our leaders react with vitriol when asked what they’re doing; mcconnell’s pushing for an exemption for those in power, pushing for them to have privacy while actively voting laws into place which drastically reduce ours should concern every single one of us–at least as much as Snowden’s docs revealed to us.
- vharuck 6y agoHow senators voted: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=2&vote=00089 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...