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>The U.S. government is the most noble customer in history, whether you support the person in the White House or not. That is a non argument for how nobel the
by gameswithgo 6y ago
>The U.S. government is the most noble customer in history, whether you support the person in the White House or not.
That is a non argument for how nobel the US government is. This seems to be a disingenuous way of pretending that the current administration doesn't have serious problems by suggesting it is just down to a matter of people's minor preferences. Even before the current administration it would be a tough argument to call our government the most nobel.
- Barrin92 6y agoI've followed the Pivot podcast for a while and Kara Swisher and Scott go back and forth on this on occasion. She generally took a more pro-privacy stance and Scott is much more concerned with the arbitrary way in which tech companies seem to cooperate or resist authorities depending on how they feel at any given day. Kind of torn on the issue. In general I think Scott has a point. Having vital national security infrastructure in the hand of unaccountable private firms who'll do whatever they'll like is bad, but the US government is just about one of the worst on the planet to make that case.