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> to assume good faith. To assume the government is sincerely invested in doing it's job of protecting citizens. Five thousand years of recorded human history
by gottorf 3y ago
> to assume good faith. To assume the government is sincerely invested in doing it's job of protecting citizens.
Five thousand years of recorded human history should serve as adequate evidence against making this assumption. And we all know that even if the current government is sincerely invested in doing its job in good faith, any powers that are given to the current government can and will be abused by a future government that may be invested in doing something else.
- skinkestek 3y ago> And we all know that even if the current government is sincerely invested in doing its job in good faith, any powers that are given to the current government can and will be abused by a future government that may be invested in doing something else. Exactly this. For starters, and using the U as an example: If you are a Democrat (or whatever), think if you want these powers to be available to the next Trump. And vice versa: if you are a republican (or whatever) think if you want these spying capabilities and what not to be available to the next Democrat president.