Maybe I was too harsh there, I'm sorry. But I believe you answered it: "The fact that we are even having a conversation about the similarity is concerning". One

Maybe I was too harsh there, I'm sorry. But I believe you answered it: "The fact that we are even having a conversation about the similarity is concerning". One is fictional. The other is real, very real, right now, in our lifetimes. Do you see it receding? Ending? Mass surveillance or anything? It's "maybe worse", "maybe comparable" right now, but the machinery is very strong already. And you know the thing with power, right?