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Considering the government currently has the same power over citizens, I can't see how this argument holds up. Especially when the government is granted powers of total surveillance and mass hacking[1], there needs to be some accountability and balance of power.

[1] https://medium.com/@RonWyden/shaking-my-head-5c1b60db9086#.h...

I guess that means you don't want to be a public servant exposed to public scrutiny ?

That is part of the job.

Eh, maybe. Everyone with facebook has unfollowed that crazy relative that posts their political rants. I think the vast majority of people don't care about axe grinders. When something does come up, people can go see for themselves. There's also the issue of volume. Something like 1/3 of the us workforce is employed by government.

Sure, there are crazy people out there. But they're going to be crazy anyway. I think this would make people take the crazy people even less seriously.