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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 years agoTheres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoOh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoThere’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.
Theres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
Oh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
There’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.