I think you are correct.<p>My concern is that in the near future we&#x27;re going to start seeing citizens scored on how much of a threat they are to the government. The scoring will be driven by comments in forums such as these. And that scoring system will not distinguish folks who are peaceful yet very angry from folks who are very angry and could become violent.<p>Combine that with automated enforcement of laws and we could be in a real world of shit.<p>I don&#x27;t care which party runs the government. I&#x27;ll even say screw it about how big the government is. We can have that fight another day. But over the last decade or two we&#x27;re seeing the feedback systems break down. That&#x27;s totally fucked.<p>(For comparison, think about the political tornado that happened in the 70s when the U.S. intelligence services were caught screwing up. Now compare that to them being caught doing as bad or worse things over the last few years.)