@Tfmonkey if you haven't listened to this conversation from Deus Ex (a.k.a., best game ever) where the protag talks to a prototype AI, you should give it a chance. The game was released in 2000.
@ButtWorldsMan if you free most people, and they cannot find a replacement slavemaster, they will create one for themselves.
@Tfmonkey There are 3 endings in Deus Ex. Join the illuminati and guide the world among them, destroy technology that's interconnected through the illuminati's central network (cut off surveillance), or merge with the AI that's connected to all the world's surveillance networks.
Each ending has a philosophical quote associated with it. Here's the one for the AI ending.
@ButtWorldsMan why can't the people who want to be taken care of by the government be allowed to do so while not involving everyone else who wants to be left alone?
Obviously some people want/need to be taken care of and are willing to give up their freedom, and they should be allowed to do so.
I don't want to "force" freedom on anyone, but I don't want them to force their system on me either.