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Originally posted by oane
The question of more or less is rather unimportant.
What's more important is that the govt. has credibility, honest, accountabile to actions, transperency etc. however, since power tends to bring out the corruption in individuals, it would be a good idea to have lesser govt control with things like DMCA patriot act etc.
Also, private enterprisees serve as alternate sources of influence to balance things out.
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I'm not sure if transparency is such a good idea. While I agree that power tends to lead to corruption, and having the power out in the open would lessen the corruption, I also think that there are some things that the government does that the ordinary person does not necessarily need to know about. I've said this before, but it applies here: Individuals people are smart, people as a group are stupid. Some of the stuff that the government hides would create a panic among the people if it came out. I'm not supporting propaganda and thought police, but I do think that some degree of secrecy is needed for any government to work well.