I just realized that the same argument could be made regarding gun control.
> But why is that? Let's face it, if you care very deeply about GUNS then you're probably someone who actually has to protect from people (criminals, military, etc.), or someone who cares about the principle of the matter.
I think it all boils down to the amount of trust we put in our governments. Both guns and privacy are a protective measures against corrupt governments. In todays world privacy is probably a magnitude more important and also associated with lesser drawbacks than guns, as it would be impossible to organize resistance while being under todays surveillance.
Yeah, there are a lot of parallels. But for every person who is genuinely concerned with government overreach and that alone, I see 50 more Bundys who use government as rhetoric to play up anti-social/selfish ends.
> But why is that? Let's face it, if you care very deeply about GUNS then you're probably someone who actually has to protect from people (criminals, military, etc.), or someone who cares about the principle of the matter.
I think it all boils down to the amount of trust we put in our governments. Both guns and privacy are a protective measures against corrupt governments. In todays world privacy is probably a magnitude more important and also associated with lesser drawbacks than guns, as it would be impossible to organize resistance while being under todays surveillance.