great business model

post by by misanthrope101 on slashdot.com

great business model - by misanthrope101 (Score: 5, Insightful) Thread
Since the government doesn’t need warrants/probable cause/oversight anymore, it would be easy to set up a business to sell “confiscated” laptops second-hand. With no oversight, there is no need for record-keeping, no way to see if someone is abusing their power, etc. Just yell “You hate America!” at anyone who questions how you bought your new house. It’s worked so far. The only people who believe in old-fashioned due process are apparently terrorist appeasers, if you believe the dominant Republicans and Fox News. Can anyone think of an argument FOR government oversight, warrants, and due process that would be considered persuasive in the current political environment? We seem to have given up altogether on the idea that government is dangerous to freedom.

What happened to all the “conservatives”? Am I the only conservative who actually believes in limited government? That may be the most tangible benefit of a Democratic victory in an (any) election—the conservatives would be (ostensibly, if dishonestly) anti-government again. Right now we’re stuck with the dichotomy that government-funded healthcare is creeping totalitarianism, but government torture is innocuous. Strange world we live in.