> [...] politicans should be able to have private conversations. [...] Because people need to actually talk to each other in an unguarded way to figure things out sometimes.
Which works fine as long as there are no bad actors who may bribe, corrupt, blackmail, etc. Unfortunately that is not the reality we live in and one way[0] of counteracting the bad actors is to enforce transparency with things like "everything must be recorded and archived".
Right but what is the cost of insisting that "everything must be recorded and archived". Are you going to strap recording devices onto everyone in congress? You have to have a mix of safeguards but also practicality, surely?
Which works fine as long as there are no bad actors who may bribe, corrupt, blackmail, etc. Unfortunately that is not the reality we live in and one way[0] of counteracting the bad actors is to enforce transparency with things like "everything must be recorded and archived".
[0] Sadly not 100% effective.