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Except that the government has a monopoly on force. If a private company harms you, there are often civil and potentially criminal concequences. If the governme
by hadronzoo 13y ago
Except that the government has a monopoly on force. If a private company harms you, there are often civil and potentially criminal concequences. If the government uses your private data against you and violates your rights, who do you turn to?
- king_jester 13y ago> If a private company harms you, there are often civil and potentially criminal concequences. It is really difficult to sue a company that has a team of lawyers while you are a individual just trying to get by, esp. if said private company did something that really disrupts your life, like wrongly foreclosing on your home or wrongly firing you.
- DanBC 13y ago1) It's unequivocally bad if the government spies on its citizens. 2) Some people manage to obtain justice when they are wronged. Often it's just not that easy.