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by bithive123 4733 days ago
It may be true that you can't trust anyone in the abstract but practically speaking we need to be able to trust our government, to a point, with all sorts of powers and abilities.

Consensus mistrust of the government should worry us more than any particular capabilities it has.
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dfc 4733 days ago
Consensus mistrust? Did you just coin a new phrase or is that some new lingo the kids are saying these days? I have never heard it before and google was no help.

I think the issue here is not so much "trust" but "trust and verify." With a proper level of effective oversight it seems that things would be much different.

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