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The widespread abuse of power in government agencies makes this argument a little naive imo. The vast majority of what they do has very little effect on anyone'
by ziftface 5y ago
The widespread abuse of power in government agencies makes this argument a little naive imo. The vast majority of what they do has very little effect on anyone's safety. I'd rather be able to communicate privately and let people keep selling drugs if they want to.
- Barrin92 5y ago>the widespread abuse of power[...] The vast majority of what they do has very little effect* doing a lot of work here. To what degree is that simply anti-governmental sentiment rather than an honest evaluation of the agencies in question? Say you'd be living in a narco neighborhood in Mexico were cartels regularly shoot civilians up in private wars, have you considered how badly institutions could do in comparison?
- lazide 5y agoSo you think the NSA is meaningfully making an impact in stopping, say, Los Angeles, or Orange County, from turning into Juarez? If so, how exactly?
- dane-pgp 5y agoHave you considered that the institutions ostensibly serving those civilians might have been infiltrated by the cartels, and that giving them more power might not have the effect you want?