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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by pibechorro on Thursday November 19, 2020 @06:07AM (#25148301)
Ya,no. Top down authoritarian systems (including democratic ones) always corrupt. Power leads to cronyism and sociopaths rising to control. Always, just give it time.

Its not "the rich" vs "the working people" narrative you subscribe to. If anything your attitude and worship of burocracy is what creates the power to be corrupted.

Less is more.

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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by refurb on Thursday November 19, 2020 @06:27AM (#25148431)
This. Power encourages corruption. Most democratic systems are designed to diffuse power as a means to prevent negative consequences to self-serving behavior.

The less power the gov't has, the better. If the gov't has a very, very limited scope in controlling speech (libel, harassment, threats, etc), then the damage done when it's used for nefarious purposes is limited.

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