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The (East) Germans managed - the Stasi (East German secret police) did so for years on end with any number of suspected citizens. Actually there was a joke goi
by veddox 11y ago
The (East) Germans managed - the Stasi (East German secret police) did so for years on end with any number of suspected citizens.
Actually there was a joke going around here in Germany when the NSA scandal broke, talking about how jealous all the ex-Stasi guys must be that the NSA had beaten them at their own surveillance game...
- digi_owl 11y agoI keep having the feeling that the west only stayed somewhat sane by having the eastern block as a comparison.