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Bruce Schneier's point wasn't that there's anything wrong with a representative democracy, but that this claim is massively overstating things: i.e. where a sin
by rbehrends 13y ago
Bruce Schneier's point wasn't that there's anything wrong with a representative democracy, but that this claim is massively overstating things: i.e. where a single secret court suddenly becomes the "U.S. court system" and a few legislators that were forbidden to discuss this matter with anyone (even where they saw problems, as Wyden and Udall did) suddenly become "both houses of the U.S. Congress".
- diminoten 13y agoYes, because it was classified. There are a whole lot of things judges and legislators are forbidden to discuss with anyone. The country runs on secrets, every country does. That's why you elect representatives. So Bruce Schneier may not have intentionally taken issue with a representative democracy, but that's where his argument leads.