NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'?

Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by BjoernKW on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @01:05PM (#6013755)

Sorry but this simply ain't true. Some European government bodies aren't even elected democratically and even as for those which are you can hardly blame the people for the crimes committed by their governments because most of those are committed behind closed doors.

Yes, the majority of the electorate might be gullible or even downright stupid but they're not responsible for the crimes committed in the name of people. Unfortunately, those who really are responsible won't be tried in court because the rule of law doesn't apply to them.

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Re:NSA leaker Edward Snowden 'accepts asylum in Venezuela'? by kimlelly on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @01:32PM (#6013915)

It's the Principal-Agent problem:

The citizen is the Principal who mandates the Agent (the government) to do something for him.

Now, if the Agent fucks up (and I'm sure we all agree that this has been the case worldwide for a very long time now), it becomes the responsibility of the Principal to replace the Agent with the right one. And this applies not just to single politicians but to entire political structures.

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