The electorate doesn't trust their government, so they elect politicians who promise to shut it down. These legislators succeed in hobbling it, making it ineffectual, so the public decries and distrusts this impaired institution. Rinse, repeat.
Having my had own comments taken out of context and that context severely distorted and misrepresented by a "journalist", I'd have to say Stallman's concerns are valid.
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The electorate doesn't trust their government, so they elect politicians who promise to shut it down. These legislators succeed in hobbling it, making it ineffectual, so the public decries and distrusts this impaired institution. Rinse, repeat.
I'm with Stallman on this
Having my had own comments taken out of context and that context severely distorted and misrepresented by a "journalist", I'd have to say Stallman's concerns are valid.