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"You are required to be totally compliant with what (leaders of) society demand, on pain of really bad stuff." Or: a system where [people, as distinct from bur
by a1369209993 7y ago
"You are required to be totally compliant with what (leaders of) society demand, on pain of really bad stuff."
Or: a system where [people, as distinct from bureaucracy, hostile memeplexes, corporations, etc] have virtually no authority and [bureaucracy et/vel al] wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically.
- freeone3000 7y agoWhat is the power of a person, separate from a group? When there are three hundred million people, how much individual power can there be? Or should there be? The accumulation of power in structures is inevitable. Moreover, the fact that this is even an open debate suggests that calling the current state of affairs totalitarianism is a bit exaggerated. There are multiple groups currently vying for control of every aspect of life, with no single group having complete control, and people throw in with the one they feel closest to. I don't know what that is, but it doesn't match totalitarianism.