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> The number of governments that have not had to deal with ethics concerns is exactly zero. Some are worse than others. America is one of the worst. War, inv
by fritigern 4y ago
> The number of governments that have not had to deal with ethics concerns is exactly zero.
Some are worse than others. America is one of the worst. War, invasions, mass surveillance, mass incarcaration...
- kube-system 4y agoThis is simply not factual, it is an information availability bias. America is one of the most publicized nations, and sunlight is one of the best disinfectants. By any academically rigorous measure, the US ranks high in ethics, along with most other western style democratic systems.
- fritigern 4y agoTell that to the people that were killed by American military in Iraq, Afganistan, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen and probably other places I am forgetting.
- kube-system 4y agoThis has nothing to do with internet privacy.
- fritigern 4y agoOf course it does. A country like America that has been murdering people in many wars around the world without hesitation is unlikely to take my privacy seriously. They don't respect my right to live, do you think they will respect my right to privacy?
- kube-system 4y agoGermany is widely regarded as having the best privacy laws in the world, and they participate in NATO conflicts. Several countries in SE-Asia have been at peace for much longer and will happily man-in-the-middle your internet traffic at the whim of their unchecked government powers [e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Vietnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Vietnam]. A country's participation in war and their effective protections for privacy are not strongly correlated, demonstrably so.