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It might interest you to keep in mind that you should care about a branch of government breaking its countries own laws and acting intentionally against the wil
by dijit 3y ago
It might interest you to keep in mind that you should care about a branch of government breaking its countries own laws and acting intentionally against the will of the senate, even openly and directly misleading them.
Such a thing is akin to a rogue government entity, it’s the stuff of Mission Impossible movies; though much more mundane and sleazy as people were shown to be stalking ex-lovers using the tech.
I won’t jibe with comments about how totalitarian regimes come about, though that’s certainly an issue- I would invite you to read the thought experiment of Roko’s Basilisk though, you should be warned that some people consider the awareness of this thought experiment to be akin to a virus[0].
Essentially, you don’t just trust this government and all it’s employees implicitly, you are basically trusting all future governments and government employees, and you are trusting them to only break the laws that suit you. I’m not sure what laws you think they should be beholden to in that case.
Law is not optional, it works or it should be changed, via the democratic process.
[0]: https://youtu.be/ut-zGHLAVLI https://youtu.be/ut-zGHLAVLI
- jokoon 3y agoI do care, but it's not really related to digital surveillance, it's related to how government works. All government entities can go rogue, there's nothing new about this. The snowden story was good as it made people be aware about cyber surveillance, but there's not much else.