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It makes me wonder - is the NSA "winning"? It seems so.

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  The NSA is the wrong unit of analysis. The NSA is a tool. The group of people that has disproportionate power over the government wins everytime anyone that opposes the status quo supported by that faction is intimidated into stopping a part of their work which focuses opposition to some piece of that status quo, though.
  • loceng 13y ago
    The way they are winning is the problem - which is that they get tax money. People need to be able to directly agree what their tax is spent on - on a per-item basis. New road? Fix up a certain road? Etc..
    • dragonwriter 13y ago
      The people that have disproportionate power over government also have disproportionate wealth, and would not be weakened by a system of the type you present (which would just make it harder for government to serve diffuse interests.)
      • loceng 13y ago
        It would be a good start though I believe.