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A ‘State’ is not inherently bad. That’s just libertarian propaganda/dogma. Self-interested psychopaths in charge of a state is bad…
Funny thing about ancap libertarianism is that they’ve correctly identified that power can lead to tyranny, but they’re completely oblivious to the power that corporatism (the conclusion of lassez-faire capitalism) results in.
any state is bad because taxes are evil
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States always wind up being run by self-interested psychopaths.
That’s not a “flaw;” it’s the fundamental nature of the concept.
We need a strong authoritarian leader and a massive police force to keep the people in line.
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I think you forgot a /s
What makes you think I’m joking?
I assumed you were well intentioned and not trolling
Oh boy, here comes the political drama. Can we not do this?
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Say whatever you want, Snowden’s a fucking hero for sharing this.
Don’t forget the people that tried to blow the whistle on the NSA prior to Snowden
Putin Alert! Putin Alert! This guy supports Vladimir Putin! He is undermining the US so that the Russians can invade! Also, the Chinese! Also the… uh… Cubans? Venezuelans? Quebecians? Idk, but its bad! They’re coming to take your freedom! Protect the NSA! PROTECT THE NSA! THEY STAND BETWEEN YOU AND TYRANNY!
Inb4 some Quebec person comes in and complains about “Quebecians”
Phonecians are from phoenix.
False equivalence is false— but, sure, anything to make espionage seem OK
Seeing as this was posted in c/privacy, I believe the intent was rather to say “actually that whole ‘nothing to hide nothing to fear’ premise government espionage programs enjoy thrusting on their citizens is patently bullshit, and they know it, as despite saying it to you while spying on you they make it illegal to spy on them.”
Using paranoia to justify a logical fallacy - and espionage - isn’t a very good argument.
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You’re the only one who mentioned Edward Snowden
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