This is not about efficiency. This is about trust. We do not trust these enormous organizations we call governments with unlimited power, because they then be

This is not about efficiency. This is about trust. We do not trust these enormous organizations we call governments with unlimited power, because they then become a threat to society itself. The 20th century is evidence of the threat of centralized power, particularly over the control of information and communication. So when a government claims the power to read all conversations in order to prevent X from happening, X is irrelevant. I don't even care to hear their justification. They cannot be given this power. It's an existential threat to a free society.