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The second you grant government agents rights and privileges not given to the general population, and then on top of that provide them immunity from just about
by phpisthebest 3y ago
The second you grant government agents rights and privileges not given to the general population, and then on top of that provide them immunity from just about all accountability both systemic, and individual you have the makings of Tyranny...
As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and we have had plenty of "good intentions" granting both federal and local police ever increasing power, and ever decreasing accountability.
- o0banky0o 3y agoTotal armchair hero here, even with accountability tyrannical behavior is still persistent, because at the end of the day you still have to go and actively put your hands on people. It's reminiscent of how DRM is always circumvented because it's inherent that the content must at some point finally be revealed, and how immune cells inevitably kill the occasional normal healthy cells. It's a genuinely unsolved problem from antiquity