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0 pointsmlinhares2mo ago0 comments

It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this, the US constitution was written as a collection of negative rights exactly to rein in government dictatorial impulses.

And now that we see the government blatantly disrespecting the constitution and the rule of law the civil community must react.

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BoxFour2mo ago

> It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this

The government shouldn’t be able to set the terms of its contracts with private companies and walk away if those terms aren’t acceptable? That seems like a stretch.

The constitution is a wildly different premise from government contracting with private companies.

mlinharesOP2mo ago

There was no contract, the government wanted to have a contract where they'd be able to use the tool to violate privacy rights of its citizens and issue kill orders without a human present and the company said no.

The government shouldn't be able to coerce a business to do whatever it wants.

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