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The idea behind the separation is that the government has the ability to make you do something with the threat of force. Not to say we shouldn't put protections
by leeroyjenkins11 4y ago
The idea behind the separation is that the government has the ability to make you do something with the threat of force. Not to say we shouldn't put protections from private corporations in place, but they can't legally imprison you.
- bbddg 4y agoYou're just describing laws. Is the worry here that they could more effectively enforce laws because of this tracking? Is that a bad thing?
- concordDance 4y agoIt is when you don't trust the lawmaking process is acting in your best interests. And distrust of that process is extremely high atm (I believe trust in politicians is below 50% in the US).
- bbddg 4y agoWell we don't really have a functional democracy in the US. That's really the core problem to fix before you can start trusting the government more.
- marklubi 4y ago> Well we don't really have a functional democracy in the US. The United States isn’t a democracy, it’s a democratic republic. Unfortunately, most of that was thrown out with the 17th amendment, and we’re paying for it now with increased federal control.
- car_analogy 4y agoYes! This is not a novel idea - it's how the US got its 4th amendment, prohibiting unreasonable search. Government power should not be unlimited, because it risks slipping into tyranny. Don't turn your country into a prison on the hope that the warden will remain benevolent. There's no shortage of past and present examples of that suddenly changing.
- bbddg 4y agoI'll take a prison like Norway over the lawless hellhole that the US is becoming.
- enraged_camel 4y agoThere isn't necessarily a strong separation, though. Here in the US, governments (at every level) can easily purchase this kind of data from private entities when they need to.