[whatnotests]

Government serves its people.

Period.

We are not surfs, we are not subjects.

Without the trust of its people, a government is not legitimate, has no "right" to look at its people's behavior, is simply afraid of losing power.

If instead of spying, governments focused on increasing overall goodwill there could be trust, not suspicion, on both sides of this encryption line.

[antillean]

There's a lot of trust of the government here[1] and in general[2] -- though, as that Gallup link shows, it MASSIVELY depends on which arm of the government you're talking about.

Again, not many people live in or around the libertarian bubble. And there are lots of intelligent people who avoid it for very, very good reasons.

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1. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2016/02/apple-fb...

2. http://www.gallup.com/poll/1597/confidence-institutions.aspx