“Terrorists” and child pornographers are bad. A three letter agency without the 4th amendment is worse.

Racists on Twitter telling you vaccines cause autism and that you can fix your phone’s water damage by microwaving it are bad. A U.S. President without the 1st amendment is worse.

We intentionally limit what government is able to do with broad strokes - it has a high risk for abuse.

Anything you yield today is going to live through multiple regime changes. You aren’t just trusting the current government with this power - you’re trusting everyone that will inherit it. The seeds of fascism are sowed through good intentions.