> Blindly trusting one's government ain't a good recipe for long term freedom and happiness.
Of course I'm not advocating blindly trusting the government, but we generally do trust the government until it reveals otherwise.
After all, CCTVs are really just a tradeoff; they are for citizens safety, and accessing it is very restricted for privacy reasons.
> this is sort of one-way road [snip]
> Sooner or later somebody craving for absolute power and control will start abusing it, be it in intelligence or government (or both).
I'm not sure if it really is; democracy is there for a reason. (We have impeached our president in 2017 for various reasons - which for many people in our country, was a living example that sometimes politics work after all :-))
Of course I'm not advocating blindly trusting the government, but we generally do trust the government until it reveals otherwise.
After all, CCTVs are really just a tradeoff; they are for citizens safety, and accessing it is very restricted for privacy reasons.
> this is sort of one-way road [snip]
> Sooner or later somebody craving for absolute power and control will start abusing it, be it in intelligence or government (or both).
I'm not sure if it really is; democracy is there for a reason. (We have impeached our president in 2017 for various reasons - which for many people in our country, was a living example that sometimes politics work after all :-))