Comment Re:Pot? Is that you? (Score 1) 468
"I will never understand why people fear/dislike their government more than private companies who never even have to let you know anything strange is going on unless they get caught."
The same can be said for the goverment. Actually the government has whole branches devoted to secrecy. Private companies do not have the ability to put you in jail, levy taxes, wage war, etc. Governments have infinitely more power than companies do over people and is why they should be watched. Gov't can manipulate very effectively by using private companies to their advantage. I am not saying that anyone should put blind faith in either private companies or their Gvt, rather, but at least companies don't try to disguise their motives. Companies want your money. So does Gvt, however Gvt will try to disguise their intentions by using any and all means necessary. "But it's fo rthe children..." type argument.
The same can be said for the goverment. Actually the government has whole branches devoted to secrecy. Private companies do not have the ability to put you in jail, levy taxes, wage war, etc. Governments have infinitely more power than companies do over people and is why they should be watched. Gov't can manipulate very effectively by using private companies to their advantage. I am not saying that anyone should put blind faith in either private companies or their Gvt, rather, but at least companies don't try to disguise their motives. Companies want your money. So does Gvt, however Gvt will try to disguise their intentions by using any and all means necessary. "But it's fo rthe children..." type argument.
