>I'm not sure how else to address these kinds of problems in society except with some kind of well regulated security apparatus (making the big assumption that

>I'm not sure how else to address these kinds of problems in society except with some kind of well regulated security apparatus (making the big assumption that it is well regulated here). The whole populace being under surveillance is a much worse outcome than the chance of some politician being assassinated being relatively higher. Mass surveillance to prevent the latter seem absolutely in the worst interests of the average citizen; spying on people to protect the elites is what every nasty dictatorship does.