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Re:New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service t... by Jon_Lowtek on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:09PM (#23787442)
my point was more: any liberal social democratic society that subjects itself to every increasing censorship and surveillance will devolve towards totalitarianism.
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Re:New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service t... by im3w1l on Saturday July 11, 2020 @10:09AM (#23802325)
Can you explain surveillance leads to totalitarianism? It's not obvious to me.
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Re:New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service t... by shrimp_emoji on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:55PM (#23804146)
Totalitarianism has been the mode of human governance since prehistory. It's great, effective, and always tempting. The Western world today is the exception, not the rule.

It's also really hard to establish or continue without the surveillance to detect rebellion and corruption.

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