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Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by djbebs on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:34AM (#28691182)
Yes?

I dont see why the state should be considered special. Ultimately it is supposed to work for the people, is it not? It's powers are delegated to it by the people.

I dont see "only the state should have the right to harass people" as a legitimate argument.

If it's simple to harass someone that way, then making it available to everyone will increase the need to fix a broken system where people can be arbitrarily harassed.

Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by zepto on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:51AM (#28693655)
The sovereign citizens aren’t elected.

> If it's simple to harass someone that way, then making it available to everyone will increase the need to fix a broken system where people can be arbitrarily harassed.

Making a broken system worse does increase the need to fix it, but it doesn’t mean it gets fixed, it just means we have a worse need.

Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by djbebs on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:13PM (#28695738)
What does being elected or not have to do with it? Violent mobs also have democratic legitimacy, but somehow I doubt you'll think they should have a right to harass you.

And on the contrary, it is by making the situation unbearable for everyone that popular and political will to change a broken system is created.

The worst thing that can happen is for an injustice to be prolonged just because it only affects a select group of people that those in power dislike.

Re:It’s not easy to control police use of tech, even with a law by zepto on Thursday September 30, 2021 @05:44AM (#28704597)
> Violent mobs also have democratic legitimacy,

No they don’t.

> And on the contrary, it is by making the situation unbearable for everyone that popular and political will to change a broken system is created.

When has that ever worked?