Hillary Clinton is a dangerous woman. And her e-mail scandal, which has dominated the news recently, is reflective of why.
Under a despotic regime, such as the former Soviet Union, the government can know everything about the people, but the people are allowed to know little about the government. And what they are allowed to “know” tends to be propaganda released to cultivate a sanitized image of the state. In a society with just freedoms, limited government, and a healthy citizen-state relationship, the people can know most everything about the government, but the government is allowed to know little about the people. In other words, government is supposed to be an open book (save one small chapter named “Classified”) and citizens’ lives a private diary.
This is why, while there’s good reason to oppose NSA surveillance of average Americans, there’s every reason to have transparent government subject to continual scrutiny. But this can’t happen unless there’s something to scrutinize.
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