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I think they would claim that the same authority applies to a private company as it applies to an appointed government committee. They would claim that it is done under their authority, which was gained from our authority in electing them. They would claim that anything done by an appointed committee or private company is done under their watchful eye.Yes, it certainly could. And to some degree, I think my point applies there as well.
Ultimately, everything that government legitimately does, every power and authority that it legitimately claims, it does as a representative of the people.
We, the people, delegate to government that power which is rightfully ours, to exercise on our behalf. Government only functions legitimately when it functions according to this principle, and with full accountability to the people for how it exercises this power.
It is nothing new that government seeks, in its corrupt state, to try to evade accountability, and to exercise power over us that we, the people, did not willingly delegate to it.
But I think there is a particular line being crossed, when government delegates our power to a private company, to be used against us, and with no accountability whatsoever to us. At this point, no basis remains on which to claim that this power, or any exercise thereof, still has any legitimacy.
I don't buy into that, but that's what I believe their rationalization would be.