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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by zzonk on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:19AM (#31133644)
The problem is that if you allow overrides in the computer absolutism, corrupt governments will use these overrides to their benefit. And you’re back to the square one.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by ZeroGravitas on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:34AM (#31133731)
If the government is corrupt, then you've got problems regardless.

The general solution to this issue has been more and better democracy, which despite a lot of effort being spent undermining it, still seems to be the best solution available today.

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