| ▲ | Lonestar1440 3 hours ago | |
This is such a silly perspective and it stands in the way of making things better. Cops are not going away. And we're not going to hide from them through Cyber-Libertarianism. We can either accept the status quo or, yes, push for more accountability from the agents of the state. | ||
| ▲ | xoa 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
>And we're not going to hide from them through Cyber-Libertarianism. Like we did for over 230 years? I'm not entirely sure why you choose to call that period before vast ALPR networks "cyber-libertarianism", I'm not a serious historian as perhaps you are but that's a label for the first few centuries of American history I haven't encountered before. But it sorta feels like we somehow made it through it and in fact did pretty well in much of it? Despite us simply forbidding cops from using certain tools or techniques. So what precisely do you think has changed such that if we don't enable an unaccountable panopticon, it'll mean things will be worse? And have you maybe considered that we should pursue your noble dream of "more accountability from agents of the state" first, and see success BEFORE we give them vast new powers? Like, how about the new powers after that works? | ||