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βThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safetyβ
-Benjamin Franklin
interestingly, this was written November 1755 during the French and Indian War, arguing that accepting the Penn family's money in exchange for Pennsylvania giving up the right to tax would mean sacrificing the colony's fundamental political power for a financial transaction, resulting in the loss of both true liberty and effective safety.
but the same can be said about accepting FISA 702 in exchange for Americans giving up the expectation of privacy in communication, sacrificing the de facto right to assemble fundamental political power.