<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>54thr</author><text>The threat of terror gives power to the State. Power seeks more power. The State does not erode freedoms in support of safety. The State erodes freedoms to achieve more power. Terror is the excuse. It is the State&amp;#x27;s greatest tool.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>U.S. surveillance laws have proven ineffective at countering terrorism</title><url>https://theprivacyissue.com/government-surveillance/united-states-of-surveillance-us-history-spying</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>aquadrop</author><text>The only measure that needed to be done after 9&amp;#x2F;11, and it&amp;#x27;s surprising why this very effective measure wasn&amp;#x27;t implemented before - securing access to the pilot&amp;#x27;s cabin. Everything else is overreaction cause by power grabbing by &amp;quot;security agencies&amp;quot; and politicians trying to score. The whole security system of today&amp;#x27;s world (especially in flying) is one pointless thing after another, holding on the a fear of &amp;quot;what if&amp;quot;.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>U.S. surveillance laws have proven ineffective at countering terrorism</title><url>https://theprivacyissue.com/government-surveillance/united-states-of-surveillance-us-history-spying</url></story>