> - don't have a totalitarian state Except that democracies can and do slip into totalitarian rule by autocrats who declare themselves the winner of elections

> - don't have a totalitarian state Except that democracies can and do slip into totalitarian rule by autocrats who declare themselves the winner of elections and then obliterate their political opponents. > - don't let them know your thoughts Uh, whoops, they just know everything you ever searched for, watched, or bought online, who your friends and lovers are, where you live, what music you listen to, and what your genetic history is! > - escape to a different country while you can Except COVID and visas drying up, and anti-immigration sentiment rising everywhere. > - don't let them know in which forest you're hiding Better disable GPS on every device near me then! As well as disable every "CC" camera that's just for "security". Better also shoot down any surveillance drones or satellites! > - don't let them know where exactly