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While a lot of Central/Eastern European countries are wary of this having had history with pervasive surveillance under the Soviets, many are also very national

While a lot of Central/Eastern European countries are wary of this having had history with pervasive surveillance under the Soviets, many are also very nationalistic and right-wing. All it takes is some demagoguery and opportunism to convince the populace that it is in their interests, like what has happened in the UK and US.

aerique 9y ago
They will become less wary over time. The same thing happened in Western Europe: policies which governments didn't even dare proposing a few decades ago (because of experiences in WW2) are now being pushed through without much resistance under the guise of terrorism or child pornography. I don't even think it's an organized effort to create a totalitarian state but more how such a state will emerge from the interaction between public, media and politics.