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by noir_lord
2685 days ago
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Some trust is not blind trust and there are areas where I do trust government. It’s why I don’t worry the medication I take is not genuine, why the water that comes out the tap is safe to drink and why if I get run over I’ll get medical treatment. It’s why I can walk down the street without unduly fearing I’ll get robbed etc. Blind distrust is as silly as blind trust is what I’m saying here. The government taking cyber security seriously is a good thing if you trust that government and the Japanese government is pretty good in that specific area. Also given that Japan is a regional and major economic competitor to China which along with Russia and the other major powers is currently waging and undeclared series of wars in the global networks it seems like a pretty smart move to me, |
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"Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18459016
As for medicine, water and medical treatment... Your government makes the medicine, your government runs the water company and your government runs your hospitals? Seems like a recipe for disaster. Just out of curiosity, what country do you live in?
Yes. Japan is a regional and major economic competitor to china, russia and korea and the US. But what's your point? They are also a major trading partner to all those countries.
Sure, blind mistrust is bad as blind trust. But there are plenty of reasons for people to distrust governments. It's why we have rights to protect ourselves from the government. And the last government I'd trust is the japanese government if I were the japanese people considering how they were so willing to throw their citizens lives away on kamikaze missions and endure endless firebombings and nukes.