[scarface74]

So which parts of the government should we give more power? The CIA? The FBI? Any part of the justice system? Those government agencies have plenty of power and funding especially with the “War on Terror” and the “War on Crime/Drugs”. Private corporations don’t have the power to take away my life/liberty/property. The government does. Given a choice between corporate power and government power, I would rather see less government power.

Even the military is a wasteful mess because of government power. The military has told the civilian government that they don’t need some of the weapons or military bases that they are getting but the government - because of corporate meddling -keeps funding things that the military has said they don’t want.

Why would you trust these same government officials not to be persuaded by corporate officials. This is the same government that got rid of Net neutrality, bans cities from creating municipal broadband, extended copyrighted repeatedly and protects draconian DRM.