If a crime had been committed and could then be linked back to someone buying that fertilizer then sure. But doing so beforehand is wrong because

Privacy is not a crime.

Just because someone could use something for something bad doesn’t mean they will and I think it doesn’t mean they should be monitored before there is any other indication that they could be about to commit a crime. Sure if they bought a truckload of it that’s a red flag maybe but even then, we have really just given up privacy in such a way that something you buy that is a legal thing puts you on a list just for having bought it once.

How long until they monitor the States medical marijuana programs and kick in everyone’s door for conspiracy to commit a federal crime? Sounds far fetched doesn’t it?

Almost like being on a list for buying a 3D printer, or fertilizer. Pretty fucked up its like that to be honest. Is mass surveillance really the answer here?