"So, yes, they [government] must pay. And the reason that’ll be enforced is because lawyers and accountants will be on their ass. And just to answer some obviou

"So, yes, they [government] must pay. And the reason that’ll be enforced is because lawyers and accountants will be on their ass. And just to answer some obvious things, yeah, if they have a specific criminal investigation, they don’t have to tell the people in advance that they’re getting paid, because that would reveal it. Yeah, that would be under court order; that should be an exception, as it always has to be in a democracy. They will not be able to do omni spying anymore. They won’t be able to spy in advance without people knowing they’re being spied on, because the people will get money, and that’s proper. It is actually a totally reasonable solution." So government will have to pay us for the data that they are getting for free from companies that are getting it for free? What would that even look like and how would we get there from where we are now (Gov threatens companies to fork over information they get for free from users)? And there's no mention of free encryption services that are starting to emerge… Idk, he starts out talking about current issues, then tries to put perspective on it by referencing 19th and 20th century issues, ideas and their implementations (at this point I'm thinking "hmm, maybe there is a pattern he is going to point out that could give us insight on how we could at least be in the frame of mind to approach the issues"), and then tries to connect that to what is going on now by vaguely identifying one issue, placing it in a vacuum separated from the issues hes brought up before, and then makes the claim above. I'm lost, but maybe there's something in this direction…