The authoritarians are a particularly dangerous minority, but they are still a significant part of society. "We should try authoritarian tactics!" is always goi

The authoritarians are a particularly dangerous minority, but they are still a significant part of society. "We should try authoritarian tactics!" is always going to be a part of the debate and should be treated with enough respect to get a real reply. That being said, encouraging government snooping is an idea that can have terrible consequences and we shouldn't do it. It is going to be a support of some truly horrific future political shenanigans, including genocides, and we should be discouraging it everywhere.