However that principle has been operationally blown to bits for decades.
I'd like to try erring on the other side for a hundred years or so and see how that goes.
Secrecy is an inherent part of protecting a country from adversaries.
Sun Tzu Art of War stuff.
No government is just as bad as bad government. No government or weak gov winds up with invasion, robber barons, etc.
“I’d like to try erring on the other side for a hundred years or so and see how that goes.”
I see your point, but that kind of idealism leads to thinking like the ones we oppose. We can eschew racism but that doesn’t mean racism won’t be practiced against us. We can eschew violence and war but that CERTAINLY does not mean violence and war won’t be practiced against us. And we can say we’re giving up spying but how can we do that when others will always be spying on us?
What *I* would like to see is some of those secret societies like Skull & Bones investigated with a proctoscope. I want to know why all the presidents come from Yale and Harvard. Collusion, legacy appointments, pay to play, scratch my back, unionism, clout, pull, who you’re knowin’ and who you’re blowin’. That’s the stuff I want routed out.