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Why are so many people persuaded by arguments of the form, "It doesn't matter what the government knows if you have nothing to hide?" I'm not questioning why t
by csense 13y ago
Why are so many people persuaded by arguments of the form, "It doesn't matter what the government knows if you have nothing to hide?"
I'm not questioning why the NSA uses this argument -- clearly, they use it because it works -- people are persuaded by it. What I'm asking is, why does it work?
- johnbm 13y agoJust World fallacy: the belief that things happen for a reason, that bad things happen to those who deserve it, and that the world is ultimately fair. That is, they prefer to believe the government is a superhuman entity that has everyone's best interests at heart, rather than facing the reality that it's made up of fallible, selfish humans who are only interested in covering their own asses.