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0 pointsSkyMarshal3y ago0 comments

Not only a democracy, but a constitutional republic with an independent court and military, both of which are sworn to uphold that constitution and all the human rights it enumerates.

We don't always succeed at that, but at least we have that as our society and government's guidestar, and legal and political processes for self-correcting.

The Communist Party has exactly zero of any of that, and an ideology entirely oriented around justifying getting and keeping power by any means necessary.

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theplumber3y ago· 2 in thread

It looks like you've missed the past 10-20 years of history. You are a "party" supporter not a human rights(i.e privacy) supporter

SkyMarshalOP3y ago

> You are a "party" supporter

How do you mean exactly? I'm not sure how you can draw that conclusion from what I said. Politically I'm an independent, there's no real home for me any US political party.

theplumber3y ago

You support the U.S government rather than specific policies. That makes you a party supporter on the international stage.

In this particular case you support U.S oversight over personal data rather than personal privacy(i.e banning data harvesting).

It's like saying it's fine for the Democrats to harvest personal data because they have a better track record than the republicans and after all "you" are democrat so being part of this select group makes you feel safe from a potential abuse. The sensible/right thing to do would be to ban the data harvesting.

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