Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy”

Re:Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever pa... by JustSomeNobody on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:04PM (#12979777)

> But it's the same everywhere, introduce an encroaching bill, have uproar from those with the heads screwed on (the minority). Let it grow a little stale in the publics eye and keep reintroducing with slight alterations it until it passes into law.

So, is this the mere-exposure effect in practice? Or is there another psychological effect at play here?

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Re:Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever pa... by hfsktr on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:41PM (#12980714)

I think it's that the government[0] can repeatedly propose the bill and wear down the public's will to fight it. They[0] don't appear to lose any/much standing from continuous proposals and people become apathetic towards continued fighting.

[0]whoever that may mean

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