They insist (through actions, as opposed to any words they might use) upon total transparency of the lives of the general public, while submitting to practicall

They insist (through actions, as opposed to any words they might use) upon total transparency of the lives of the general public, while submitting to practically zero transparency in their own behaviour. This asymmetry should bother everyone who has made the effort to consider information as power -- and to consider self-governance as necessarily based upon an informed self. If nothing else, one should consider the horror of a world-spanning bureaucracy that seeks a singular, uncompartmentalized rule and control. Many thoughts flicker through my consciousness about the limits and diversity of human culture -- and the robustness that comes from that latter. Or, I can think of a more "basic" quip, that Nature abhors a monoculture. People need to think seriously about how much they can "just let someone else deal with", and how much they need to step up and be at least partially responsible for, themselves. "Liberal" or "Conservative", most seem to, one way or another, reach the conclusion that they have to take responsibility for their own affairs and community. What we are currently developing seems to be an antithesis to this.