Thoughts on what a New American Democracy should look like
- lack of surveillance. The government should not know Boit its citizens. We have the right to privacy.
- Information we are compelled to give the government, such as financials to support tax claims or biometrics for identification, should be tightly guarded and not shared among agencies without court order.
- The government should not purchase commercially available data, especially for law enforcement. The government holds a monopoly on legal violence. The people should allow the government to know the minimum amount of information needed to conduct their job.
- Efficiency must be redefined as effective delivery of services to citizens with as few roadblocks as possible. From the citizen’s perception, a quickly answered phone call or minimum of paperwork is efficient.
- Corporations are not people and should not enjoy the same rights. They do not naturally expire. The do not reproduce. They do love, build community, or have thoughts. Any arguments that they do are based on legal fictions.
Questions to think about
- What is Freedom?
- Balancing Freedom with Society?
- A government subordinate and in service to the people. Effecieny in government is good when it works to serve the People—less paperwork to recieve benefits, prefill out taxes, but it is undesireable when effeciency is used against us—consolidating siloed Citizen data to more easily spy on us, easing restrictions on law enforcement
- Making LEO and officials as responsible for their actions as regular Citizens are.
