Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
So, it seemed strange that the Liberals are in favour of forcing people to tell Stats Can the details of their lives.
|
If you're not subjecting the population to oppresive laws, then their need for privacy is diminished. If nobody cares what you're doing, then you don't need to hide it. The Lockean, liberal ideology says that you are free to do what you want until you start doing so at the expense of others. In that framework, and if you avoid a tyranny of the majority, then privacy serves little purpose.
On another, fairly unrelated point, information is a key requirement for an efficient market, so I support the mandatory census.