Whether the Success of a Community Depends Upon People’s Willingness to Limit Their Personal Interest
Whether the success of a community depends upon people’s willingness to limit their personal interest has long been a debate since an organized nation came into being. As for me, limiting the personal interest is necessary and vital for the long-term benefit of a group.
Edward Snowden, who is an American computer specialist, worked for NSA and leaked the details of top-secret U.S. government spy program for he believes that the program harms the individuals’ rights. But the U.S. government defended itself by saying that the program is essential for the national security, and claimed that it helps prevent a few terrorist attacks. In the past decade, the program avoided a terrorist attack that equivalents to 9/11, in part thanks to the introduction of the global surveillance. In this controversial case, we fairly say that the every privacy might have been traded off for common goods of a community yet concession of the personal interests is indispensible for in achieving the greater goal, such as the national security.
In a Europe plagued by the debt crises, Sweden has no budget deficit and is currently returning to surplus. Today the state’s tax-take comes to 45% of GDP and with the public money, it provides the world-best service in education, health care and social security. It provides the most competitive public schools, highly advanced health care facilities and decent pension system that encourage business risk-taking. Under this arrangement, tax fraud and tax aversion are very rare, out of trust in the solid institution, people pay their tax willingly. People’s sacrifice is of great value to the success of the state, and the welfare of the community as a whole.
No doubt, privacy is violated in the case of the NSA spy program, nevertheless it served well to the interest of the nation; the financial interest is compromised for the common goods of the community. To sum up, it’s true that the success of the community rests on people’s willingness to
Edward Snowden, who is an American computer specialist, worked for NSA and leaked the details of top-secret U.S. government spy program for he believes that the program harms the individuals’ rights. But the U.S. government defended itself by saying that the program is essential for the national security, and claimed that it helps prevent a few terrorist attacks. In the past decade, the program avoided a terrorist attack that equivalents to 9/11, in part thanks to the introduction of the global surveillance. In this controversial case, we fairly say that the every privacy might have been traded off for common goods of a community yet concession of the personal interests is indispensible for in achieving the greater goal, such as the national security.
In a Europe plagued by the debt crises, Sweden has no budget deficit and is currently returning to surplus. Today the state’s tax-take comes to 45% of GDP and with the public money, it provides the world-best service in education, health care and social security. It provides the most competitive public schools, highly advanced health care facilities and decent pension system that encourage business risk-taking. Under this arrangement, tax fraud and tax aversion are very rare, out of trust in the solid institution, people pay their tax willingly. People’s sacrifice is of great value to the success of the state, and the welfare of the community as a whole.
No doubt, privacy is violated in the case of the NSA spy program, nevertheless it served well to the interest of the nation; the financial interest is compromised for the common goods of the community. To sum up, it’s true that the success of the community rests on people’s willingness to