Wow, is this Utopia you live in a real place or your personal dream? The government, any government is not your friend. They are self serving and could care less about you or anyone else. Leaders only give the people enough to keep them happy and stupified in order to stay in power, unless they go the other way and use intimidation and savagery. There is only one thing a government protects, itself. As for safeguarding against a corrupt government, it's more often than not easier said than done. Never trust a polotitian, elected or otherwise.
They shouldn't be; they should be serving the needs of the people
You might say "but they don't", but they should be. And there are those dedicated to doing this. It's just that the wrong kinds of people get into power.
No.
Just. NO!.
People commit suicide sometimes if their privacy is invaded and they themselves are exposed to the known world. It's a psychological protective barrier. A 13 year old boy committed suicide, when someone else's diary was published in a newspaper.
Only the government would have this info
Seriously. Stop being an idealistic twat, and learn that no one can be trusted with the power that your speaking about. You should:
I believe government can be the greatest ally or worst enemy of the people.
1) Go talk to the survivors of Fascism in Chile, If there are any in the US
2) Go talk to a politician, see how they twist their words.
3) Stop thinking about fascism.
"Fascism" makes sense to me...
Oh god, you really have no idea do you? In the situation you describe 100% of our lives would be recorded, mainly becuase that is where the line would be drawn. The people in power would stay in power indefinately becuase they would paint their opposition to be the grossest of malcontents through creative editing. Not to mention that progress would be slowed to a crawl as anything not seen to conform would be repressed. Ths means no change, ever. Society in stagnation out of fear. Why, becuase as much as we would like to believe we are individulaist, mankind is a pack animal. We follow the mores of the alphas, we might ask a few questions and resist a bit, but only when we feel we have the room to.
If we have the right people in charge what is the problem? Collectivism is a good thing.
Please post your photo, preferably a passport or driver's liscence with your home address and phone number
and anything else that will help know that Norsefire
is this person.
You show us the way - remove your own privacy here in front of us.
The government is free to know all of that, all they need to do is ask
Not you
Norsefire, your problem is that you seem to live in a fantasy world where government is responsible and trustworthy.
It should be and I personally believe it can be done.
If all this data that you want to collect was actually going to be put to good use fighting crime, I probably wouldn't particularly care. The problem is that I have exactly ZERO faith that government would use the information responsibly. It will start out as a fight against crime, but it will very quickly degenerate into the government keeping track of who joins the "wrong" political parties, who reads the "wrong" sort of books, etc. Those people will quickly find themselves singled out for government harassment/jail/whatever.
Not under the US constitution
Are you f*cking kidding me? The government is my friend and here to protect me? What country do you live in? As for safeguarding against government corruption, people are too stupid and lazy to do that. Sorry, but that's just how people are. YOU might care enough to closely monitor the government for signs of corruption, but you'll never be able to get anyone to stop watching TV and drinking beer long enough for you to explain the problem to them.
The people need to stop being lazy; question everything!
Always question people in authority
Then we won't be ignorant of corruption; freedom of press should always be protected even in a totalitarian state. That way government has to address the issue, not sweep it under the rug.
I believe in government power being used to benefit the people.
"I'm from the Norsefire government and here to help"
How many of you would trust that ?
I'd trust that, coming from myself; I'd also trust it if you were the head of state
I sincerely care about helping people
