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Democracy and privacy are separate.

• thechao 5y ago
  That only works in a well-functioning non-authoritarian state. I would suspect that every major Western democracy began in secret.
• chrisco255 5y ago
  No, they're not. Privacy is a human right.
  • wizzwizz4 5y ago
    And democracy is not; if people want (say) anarchy instead, they may, but they mustn't take away others' privacy.
    • pjc50 5y ago
      Under ECHR democracy is elevated to a human right: https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/090000168006377c https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventio... (well, the right to free elections by secret ballot, which is necessary but not sufficient)