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In this case the german trauma from the stasi led to a privacy state that has allowed an inhumane terrorist political movement to grow unchecked within the secu
by kingkawn 6y ago
In this case the german trauma from the stasi led to a privacy state that has allowed an inhumane terrorist political movement to grow unchecked within the security services and society in general. You and others here are downvoting and acting shocked shocked shocked but if a democratic society cannot prevent the rise of anti-democratic internal threats due to blind adherence to its abstract ideals then it is not long for this world.
- sokoloff 6y agoThe communications are not the problem (IMO). It might be a convenience for government actors if laws and technology allowed the government to monitor everything, but it’s only the deeds that harm us. I try to think not only of what good my like-minded government might do with these expanded powers but also what ill my opposite-minded government could do with these powers.
- blablabla123 6y ago> german trauma from the stasi As bad as the stasi was, what happened during the holocaust was far worse and stasi affected much less people. It's therefore far-fetched to explain focus on privacy with that. Also as bad as the Neo Nazi Terror is in germany, it's actually worse in some other countries. In the US nazi militias continually existed throughout the 20th century. You rarely see it in the news because nobody seems to care and the organizations are not only legal but even get support from the US president. Please also consider acts of Nazi Terror that happened in NZ and Scandinavia. Moreover right wing conservative movements like AfD are also much stronger in other countries, e.g. RN in France, PVV in NL or Fidesz in Hungary.