I am much for 3-strikes here.
I am much for 3-strikes here.
I could be prosecuted for driving if the result is death of pedestrian for example. I still drive. So why our fucking "servants" are special?
Congratulations, you re-invented the politburo.
Again, my statement above was poorly worded. This is what I meant by prosecuting for nefarious behavior: It is my belief that government behavior would be better kept in check if elect officials were under constant investigation for criminal acts. Society should have gauntness that their nation is being run by good actors. Those running our country should be legally obligated to be working towards making the society that they serve thrive, not using it as a platform for organized crime, influencing the outcomes of their personal investments, or traitorous behavior like ruining a nations economy to empower another nation.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kin...
Unfortunately this just creates another layer of abstraction and each layer adds myriad perverse incentives for power brokering and abuse.
It’s a very thorny problem that humanity has yet to solve, and is probably unsolvable until we can solve the “power opens opportunities for abuse of those powers “ problem.
The only ideal form of government is the benign and just king, which of course does not exist.
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
This might work in very small society where said king can be quickly brought to senses if he pisses off enough people. Anything larger is fucked up no atter what we do.
>"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords."
No fuck that
That said, if they commit illegal acts they should be tried and convicted like any other civilians, if not with a more severe punishment because they are our leaders that set the example.
Germany has in fact abolished fundamental rights (i.e. free expression) in response to collective fear and guilt about WW2. It's an unforced own goal, just like the USA did to itself after 9/11. The worst possible response. It harms only those who shouldn't be harmed; German nazis will still be nazis quietly in basements, and everyone else in Germany who isn't a nazi is subject to media censorship. It's nonsense.
I talk about that today it's not allowed to abolish democracy which - believe it or not - was allowed and happened 1933.
It will of course be sock puppeted throughout some hapless shmuck, but societies that are not effectively led by superintellignces will quickly become irrelevant footnotes in a sea of strategic superiority.