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It's up to us to make sure the government doesn't abuse that privilege. There is no reason why the use of the military on our own citizens should be limited ei
by ntsplnkv2 6y ago
It's up to us to make sure the government doesn't abuse that privilege.
There is no reason why the use of the military on our own citizens should be limited either, yet we still have a military.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThere is no way for you to make sure the government doesn't abuse that privilege when they can classify their abuses top-secret and prevent anyone from leaking them. The use of the military on citizens is very severely limited in essentially all democracies. Hell, even in the PRC it is limited.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoWhen you can control the legislature and presidency, there is a pretty clear path to policing what is labeled top secret. The problem is to function as a military power you can't just spill the beans on everything. What's your solution here? Magic? > The use of the military on citizens is very severely limited in essentially all democracies. Hell, even in the PRC it is limited. It's limited because the people limit it. That's my point - if the people want to limit surveillance they can - whether they choose to or not is up to them.