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Yes, this is it. Things like this are almost never due to some inside conspiracy, but rather result from systemic incentives applied to different actors over ti
by prottog 4y ago
Yes, this is it. Things like this are almost never due to some inside conspiracy, but rather result from systemic incentives applied to different actors over time. Absent laws that forbid security bureaus from being too cautious, they will inevitably tend in that direction, precisely because the careers of the actors involved depend on it.
- soraminazuki 4y agoAre you sure? Everything from the Snowden disclosures tell us otherwise. Take the US for instance, in which the government ramped up its surveillance capabilities in ways they knew were illegal. They had to rely on secret interpretation of the law to "justify" their actions, an interpretation that even the author of the law was reportedly not aware of. That's no accident. Instead, it was directed by the highest ranks of government who knew very well what they were getting into. Similar story for other countries as well, apart from totalitarian regimes that does the same thing openly.