Tristan Brice Velloza Kildaire on Nostr: I say this all the time. Policing what could happen, leads down a slippery slope to ...

I say this all the time.

Policing what could happen, leads down a slippery slope to being a serf.

quoting nevent1q…z95j

"it can be used for illegal activity" is not legitimate ground to criminalize a category of technology.

it is the burden of the legal system and law enforcement to prosecute _the illegal activity_ itself, not the **potential** for illegal activity.

If society swallows the former strategy, then all that the current holders of the reigns of power have to do is say a few magic words ("X can potentially be used for Y") and make any X illegal no matter if Y ever happens.

That is no different than pre-crime/thought-crime.