Re:You can opt out of airport face scans
by chimpanzee on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @10:34PM
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> it's because we have a "majority" (unless democracy is cheated) who voted for such things
> other people still voted against that for their own reasons
You are describing a direct democracy, not the representative democracy that actually exists.
There are plenty of examples of laws, existent and nonexistent, whose status has little to do with the preferences of the general public. One need only look where there is a conflict between the general public’s interest and that of the government. Surveillance is prime territory.
> other people still voted against that for their own reasons
You are describing a direct democracy, not the representative democracy that actually exists.
There are plenty of examples of laws, existent and nonexistent, whose status has little to do with the preferences of the general public. One need only look where there is a conflict between the general public’s interest and that of the government. Surveillance is prime territory.